The best family-friendly hikes and walks around Arrochar, Tarbet And Ardlui

Ben Dolich (857m) is located on the western edge of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, southwest of the Cobbler mountain. The route to the summit begins at the famous Rest and Be Thankful viewpoint. This "relatively" short hike (approx. 7.5-9 km) offers magnificent 360° views and initially leads up forest paths (more like small streams after rain) and steep, grassy slopes, often quite damp. A short scramble (5 m) requires descending. If the rock is dry, this is no problem at all. If it's wet, be careful, but it's easily doable, with nice footholds. The summit is a few hundred more (flatter) meters to climb. From up here: a sensational 360° view! Conclusion: it's worth it, relatively. rarely used, never really difficult, only steep in places but still never easy enough to walk absentmindedly.

nice pub & restaurant, good food & good price. good few stuffed Scottish wildlife in cases also.

Founded in 1705, The Drovers Inn is reputedly one of Scotland’s oldest and most haunted pubs. Situated on an old drover’s road, it has welcomed countless visitors over the past 300 years, although according to legend, not everyone has made it safely. A young family who had been evicted from their home in the late 18th century were travelling south to start a new life in the Lowlands. They were not far from the shelter at The Drovers Inn when a bitter winter storm suddenly blew up. The blizzard caused them to take the wrong road and instead of finding a warm bed, the family were found frozen to death days later. Witnesses have seen the ghostly group both wandering the streets outside and cowering in the pub, always accompanied by a bitter cold. Another common ghost sighting is Angus the drover, one of many who stopped here with their cattle on the long journey to the Lowland markets. As people often do here, Angus drank far too much upon arrival and woke late the next morning with a sore head and no cattle in sight. His enterprising rivals had pumped him full of alcohol so that they could disappear with his animals while the poor boy slept off his intoxication. Angus returned timidly to his chief without the expected bag of coin or the cattle he still had, and was in deep trouble. He was banished from his home and his clan, losing his family in the process. Forced to wander the Highlands in search of a new life, Angus found it hard to move on. In desperation, he traveled back to the Drovers Inn, where he plotted his revenge. He waited for weeks until the same party that had robbed him reappeared. Angus was overcome with rage and could barely contain himself as he waited for the perfect opportunity to strike. That opportunity never came. One of his rivals had spotted him and knew exactly what the young man was planning. They came in the middle of the night, surprised Angus and hanged him from a tree next to the building. The murdered drover was seen at night, dressed in his tartan plaid and wandering around The Drovers Inn, seeking his revenge.

Some shops and restaurants in Arrochar, but next to a busy road so take care.

Some shops and restaurants on the main drag in Arrochar, next to a busy road so take care.

Attention the Beinglas Farm - Beinglas waterfall tour takes at least 5 hours and is very difficult on the part along the river. Level differences of more than 0.5m. Special skills required and walking sticks required. The path is sometimes difficult to find in this section, it is interrupted by fences and follows a formed stream. Near the waterfall the route is also dangerous due to the risk of falling. Gr. Wim and Sabrine

Seen here in the video at the end: https://youtu.be/DwUZnBnGExs

A prominent summit, and the highest on the Ardgoil peninsula, standing at 847m above sea level. The summit falls into classification as the 95th tallest of the Corbett's peaks.