SCO-186-Crathes Castle-Ley Wood-Coy Burn CircuitAlison Mackenzie - CommunityhikingTourTrailSCO-186-Crathes Castle-Ley Wood-Coy Burn CircuithikingTourTrail80.22308(1) Start at information board near car-parkwaypointFlagComb1883.1382283.1610582.358980.6272878.2958577.7503277.8617377.86173(2) Veer right at y-junction for West-Ley TrailsIn 200 m, at a paths y-junction, take the right fork, signposted for the West and Ley trails. Keep going as the path becomes a tarred estate road through the mature trees of Ley Wood. (200 m)waypointFlagComb1779.7925681.3867684.7877684.716484.6449783.2105180.3298274.2686773.3974172.4926170.0367869.526368.8431768.84317(3) Right off tarred road onto path through treeswaypointFlagComb1776.7390480.7510983.5346891.115794.82963100.19838106.57998101.8877993.5262493.52624(4) Left at t-junctionwaypointFlagComb1791.6505888.6968287.7379587.7819287.78192(5) Go rightIn 170 m, go right to take the rough estate road going off in an easterly direction. Soon, you will pass the Go Ape play-park on your right side. Keep going along the rough road. (2 km)waypointFlagComb1886.6782184.2577379.944777.897372.1069370.3609469.1824668.051967.4088265.1917964.5664663.8219962.4489762.44897(6) Veer right off road onto pathwaypointFlagComb1860.8971459.7811458.7422158.6228658.4212458.42124(7) Veer left off road onto path at otter sculptureIn 240 m, at a large carved sculpture of an otter, veer left off the road onto a path that runs parallel with the rough road on your right side, re-joining the road a little further along the route. (2.61 km)waypointFlagComb1859.232559.3103959.4503458.9675159.0695559.06955(8) Go right off main pathIn 310 m, near the corner of the field on your right side, go right off the main path to follow a path through the trees with the field always fairly close on your right side. (2.93 km)waypointFlagComb1859.4467560.0391257.569353.1131248.8154548.81545(9) Veer right at y-junction after footbridgeIn 400 m, after crossing a footbridge, take the path veering right through the trees, with the Coy Burn now visible on your right side. (3.32 km)waypointFlagComb1748.4189248.4326348.2250247.9518447.4842446.9370548.3634548.499548.8229848.82298(10) Go left- near Coy BurnIn 270 m, near a boardwalk path on your right side over the Coy Burn, take the path going left, away from the burn. Keep going as the path joins a road going uphill, passing an outlook to a field and houses on your left at a turn on the track. (3.59 km)waypointFlagComb1848.1097147.1793946.3320745.7493745.3054443.7714543.6101444.2295645.5943449.8845950.884651.6963652.8644852.9321751.7888450.7677550.76775(11) Go right at walks post by Sequoia treewaypointFlagComb1847.8762845.9576444.6330643.2158142.6972943.6233643.9988643.5279645.4112148.0159948.01599(12) Cross access road and continue on Red pathwaypointFlagComb1651.1567352.662952.331252.0554251.91551.1982249.7381148.3336848.124947.4924348.2192148.7395350.6787651.9359252.2318152.1126951.976752.0363651.9451552.6477152.6419252.8547953.2541852.6967351.8398451.9351352.5424152.70953.2741453.3531752.6752.7413453.2298753.8016954.0073153.8929554.4842754.8858155.2315655.8168857.2549857.25498(13) Right and gently uphill to access roadwaypointFlagComb1861.1510864.2766268.1901275.4627576.9566176.7283576.8597277.4438777.8923581.8555482.727580.0485(14) Finish walk back at information boardsIn 470 m, you will have returned to your start-point at the information boards near to the visitor parking. (5.96 km)waypointFlagComb18