Scotland Thank you very much to Linda from Scotland for recommending the following five hikes.  She also notes that "Walking on Wheels is an excellent book which gives walks all over Scotland which can be accessed by scooter/wheelchair." Lochore Meadows Country Park in Lochore, Fife   Thank you to Linda for this great detailed information.  - The park "has a network of virtually no gradiant paths. There are 2 disabled toilets, one in the main park building, and a much nicer one with ample room in the foyer of the watersports centre. The watersports centre, can by arrangement, offer canoeing, sailing etc. for people who have mobility challenges, including a hoist to help people gain access to craft and have a wheelchair accessible fishing boat. There are mobility scooters, which are free to use. It is a beautiful place for a day out or even if you just have an hour to spare. Main park centre has a cafe. Please note that if you do the walk around the loch there are 6 lever operated gates and anticlockwise direction when walking makes 4 of them a push gate."

_______________________________________  Loch Leven Heritage Trail- between Edinburgh and Perth, in the Central Lowlands thank you to Linda for sending in this hike information and to Niall from the Perth and Kinross Council for additional help - "Between Kinross Pier and Vane Farm, the trail provides excellent access to the lochside for walkers, cyclists and wheelchair users." - reprinted with permission from the Perth and Kinross Council - 12. 5 km (8 mile) accessible trail which is a "beautiful flat walk with hard packed surface" - "The Loch Leven Trail is fab, we normally go to the end of the accessible bit then turn around and go back to the pier." - "Lots of birds." - "Wrap up, it can be cold!!" - "Island in the middle is where Mary Queen of Scots was held captive." - "Accessible toilet at the pier cafe (not open in winter)." - according to one of the online visitor guides, the ferry is not wheelchair accessible - for directions and trail maps to to www.lochlevenheritagetrail.co.uk - for additional information go to:   http://www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/

_______________________________________ Falkland Estate- Lamond Hills Regional Park, Fife recommended by Linda - "Park in car park just before the estate, lots of tarmac/hard packed level paths near carpark.  Alternatively, park at the Pillars of Hercules (really nice organic food cafe) and if facing the cafe, a tarmac road along to the left runs for approx 2 miles (with a scooter you can go further as after that there is an off road cycle route). " - "Cafe has accessible toilet and within Falkland itself there are public toilets"

_______________________________________ Loch Katrine- Loch Lamond and The Trossachs National Park thank you to Linda for recommending this trail - "Starting at the Trossach Pier, the lochside track is tarmac and smooth with some steeper gradients further around.  It is particularly accessible with the option to hire motorised buggies for an easier ride." - reprinted with permission from the Loch Lamond and The Trossachs National Park website - for more info and for 5 additional paths with "easy gradient and smooth surfaces" in Trossachs National Park go to www.lochlomond-trossach.org/visiting/all-abilities-activities-on-land/menu-id-324.html

_______________________________________ Loch Morlich- Cairngorms National Park - Linda notes "we've done this (trail) and borrowed a scooter which was fab.  They also gave us a map." - more info coming!    For more Scottish wheelchair accessible information see Other Resources Page