I agree, the last time I was up there I took a bus straight through from Perth to Aberfeldy and this seems less hassle than changing from a train midway. Iain ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:50:50 -0400 > From: info@rossion.com > To: perthshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] PERTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 113 > > Glen Lyon starts at Fortingall or Kenmore and is 25 miles long and it > is beautiful. However it is a narrow, twisty road for much of the way. > Roughly the half way point is Bridge o' Balgie and there is a post > office there and a tiny sandwich counter. The sandwiches are great. The > graveyard is also there and there are many McNaughton Graves in it. This > was where my family originally came from before moving to Strathearn > (see www.highlandstrathearn.com). There is also a bridge over the River > Lyon here. > > A taxi would probably costs you an arm and a leg and it would be better > all around for you to hire a car. There are very few buses and they only > are local. None run up the Glen to the top at the Rannoch Moor. Both > Pitlochry and Aberfeldy are nice little towns with small hotels. It is > possible that these hotels may offer a private day trip but that too > will be expensive. No harm in asking though! > > There is a bus service from Perth to Aberfeldy.as well as Perth to > Pitlochry so it may be more easier to go there by bus. > > Peter > . > > > > On 9/12/2010 3:00 AM, perthshire-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Glen Lyon (honeynov90@aol.com) >> 2. Re: Glen Lyon (Pat Carson) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:39:44 -0400 >> From: honeynov90@aol.com >> Subject: [PERTHSHIRE] Glen Lyon >> To: perthshire@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID:<8CD1FCDED98E57E-1E04-A23E@Webmail-d120.sysops.aol.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> >> With my next visit to Angus and Perth Counties coming up shortly I've have begun to entertain the fanciful thought of seeing Glen Lyon. Getting from Perth to Pitlochry by train is easy. I believe I could also get to Abelfeldy without a car. Then a friend at the Tay Valley Family History Society suggested hiring a taxi to go the rest of the journey from either Pitlochry or Aberfeldy for a drive through the Glen. I also looked into Post Bus travel but one does not go that route. >> >> Suggestions / ideas on this topic are very welcome. >> >> Thanking you in advance, Marge >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:43:28 +0100 >> From: "Pat Carson" >> Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Glen Lyon >> To: >> Message-ID: >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Have a look at this : >> http://www.uk-tourist-guides.com/searchdate.php >> but no idea what costs are innvolved. >> >> >> Pat >> "Here's tae us!?Wha's like us? Damn few! - an' they're a' deid!" Old Scots >> Toast >> Check out my website www.angusancestry.co.uk >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of honeynov90@aol.com >> Sent: 11 September 2010 14:40 >> To: perthshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [PERTHSHIRE] Glen Lyon >> >> >> With my next visit to Angus and Perth Counties coming up shortly I've have >> begun to entertain the fanciful thought of seeing Glen Lyon. Getting from >> Perth to Pitlochry by train is easy. I believe I could also get to Abelfeldy >> without a car. Then a friend at the Tay Valley Family History Society >> suggested hiring a taxi to go the rest of the journey from either Pitlochry >> or Aberfeldy for a drive through the Glen. I also looked into Post Bus >> travel but one does not go that route. >> >> Suggestions / ideas on this topic are very welcome. >> >> Thanking you in advance, Marge >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the PERTHSHIRE list administrator, send an email to >> PERTHSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the PERTHSHIRE mailing list, send an email to PERTHSHIRE@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of PERTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 113 >> ****************************************** > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message