If you’ve ever been to Dunkeld in Perthshire you’ll understand why the area has been called ‘big tree country’ for the last hundred-or-so years. This is a region of Scotland that’s been rightly designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty thanks to the vast swathes of ancient forest that covers the landscape from Blair Atholl in the North to Crieff in the south, with the town of Dunkeld more-or-less slap bang in the middle. There are over 200,000 acres of woodland in Perthshire so you’re pretty much spoilt for choice if you ever visit the region and fancy taking a walk, but in my opinion one of the best forests is Tay Forest Park, home of The Hermitage.