This walk with The West of Scotland University Walkers was on Sunday 26th Oct 2008. After recent rain it was very wet underfoot.

This walk requires a strenuous climb. The end reward however is well worth the effort. You will appreciate the siting of the village above the flood plain. Your walk takes you through Traboyack Wood onto the bare hill slopes from which you can look down on the fine example of an 18th century gentleman minister's manse and also the Toll Cottage by the roadside at the southern end of the village. At the summit of Craigengower (the Hill of Goats in Gaelic) is the obelisk which is a monument to Lt Col James Hunter Blair killed at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854. If you look north on a clear day you will see Ben Lomond, the Arrochar Alps and Goat Fell on Arran and westwards Ailsa Craig. The trail then returns to the village along the edge of Bennan Wood.