Rudy loves a good forest walk so after his visit to Laurencekirk station he headed straight for Denlethen Wood – which turned out to be a very good forest walk!
Denlethen Wood
At a little over a mile walk from Laurencekirk station this is a deceptively large woodland forest. There’s a good hard surface access track that provides an easy two mile circular walk or plenty other paths that wind between the trees. Some of these paths are clear, some overgrown & half hidden, and some maybe not paths at all!
A main track at Denlethen Which way now? Tree stump = photo-op! Rudy comes back to say this way is good fun!
Of course we often chose the overgrown paths and along those we found many rough shelters built from branches and deeper in the woods some secret clearings for secret picnics.
There’s always a tyre swing! rough built wood shelter
We did also find ourselves back on a main track from a side entrance that led to a proper picnic area. The picnic benches were set next to the old curling pond that was sadly all dried up when we visited despite having a lifebelt for water safety!
Bench with a woodland view. Wildlife pond after a heatwave 🙁 Picnic area at Denlethen.
Laurencekirk Town
Laurencekirk lies in a wide valley known as The Mearns with views of the Cairngorm Mountain foothills to the west. In the 17th & 18th Century the town was known for its linen and snuff boxes but now the area is best known for it’s fields & fields of daffodils in springtime! A local landmark, the Johnston Tower folly is nearby on Garvock Hill but being in the middle of a cow field we chose not to go for a closer visit!
These photos from our trip to Laurencekirk include Kinnear Square park, a walk down the High Street and the closest view we got of the Johnston Tower with it’s resident cattle!