The Cottage is situated 0.7 miles from Drymen on the Balmaha road. When reaching Drymen village, take the Balmaha/Rowardennan turning next to the Memorial (opposite the Post Office). You will go out of the 30 limit, into open countryside and as you enter the 40 limit you will see a sign saying Buchanan Smithy. The Cottage is the third house from the far end of Buchanan Smithy on the right hand side. The full address is 8 Buchanan Smithy Cottages, Drymen G63 0JJ.  

Walkers

Walkers can reach the Cottage, either from leaving the West Highland Way towards the end of Old Gartmore Road, and then walking through Drymen and taking the Balmaha Road, or by leaving the Way at Garadbhan woods and taking the Old Drymen Road, down into the village and then taking the Balmaha Road.

Driving to Drymen

If you are travelling from the South West by car or from Glasgow Airport, take the M8/M898 to the Erskine Bridge, then follow the Loch Lomond/Crianlarich A82 signs. At the large roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway, turn right for Balloch and the A811. Go through Balloch on the A811 towards Stirling through Gartocharn village, turning left at the end of the road for Drymen (T junction). After the Drymen bridge, you take a left for Drymen village and then turn left for Balmaha on the B837 (turn at the War memorial opposite the Post Office). Buchanan Smithy is 0.7 miles along the B837 and The Cottage is on the right towards the end of the last row of houses.    

We can also be reached from Stirling by following the Loch Lomond signs on the A811. From the M9 leave at junction 10 and follow Loch Lomond signs. You will travel along the A811 through Arnprior and Buchlyvie, then reaching a staggered junction at Ballat, turn left and immediate right, following the Drymen signs. A few miles further take the right turn for Drymen, and just after the village green turn right for Balmaha and Rowardennan on the B837. We are 0.7 miles along this road on the right at 8 Buchanan Smithy Cottages, Drymen G63 0JJ. 

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