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Tuesday 2nd August 2022 We caught the bus from Ardrishaig to West Tarbert to resume our walk. The day was cloudy and it was drizzling quite hard. We turned off the A83 almost immediately and were on a B road with passing places; there were a few cars and vans but they were few andContinue reading “Day 220 – West Tarbert to Achahoish 22.5 miles 1300′ of ascent”

Monday 1st August 2022 We packed up from the self-catering flat in Campbeltown, drove to West Tarbert and then caught the bus back to Rhunahaorine where we finished last night. It meant we didn’t start walking until nearly 10.00. We walked back down to the coast and then along the sandy beach to Rhunahaorine PointContinue reading “Day 219 – Rhunahaorine to West Tarbert 18.5 miles 1150′ of ascent”

Sunday 31st July 2022 We left the car at Machrihanish and were walking soon after 8.00. We crossed the golf course to the beach and enjoyed four miles of damp sand walking. It was a beautiful day with a blue sky and a few clouds and a steady breeze. It seemed such a contrast toContinue reading “Day 218 – Machrihanish to Rhunahaorine 20.5 miles 800′ of ascent”

Saturday 30th July 2022 Today was our “big day”. After four days of predominantly tarmac walking we were going to follow the Kintyre Way over the hills to Machrihanish. The weather forecast for today had been poor with a weather front moving through but when we awoke this morning the weather forecast was quite good; itContinue reading “Day 217 – Southend to Machrihanish 15.7 miles 2450′ of ascent”

Friday 29th July 2022 Today’s walk was once more to be mainly tarmac but quite hilly. We set off from the holiday flat in which we are staying at about 8.00 and walked down to the front and turned south. The road is quite a minor road and initially follows the shore past Davaar Island.Continue reading “Day 216 – Campbeltown to Southend 15.6 miles 1670′ of ascent”

Thursday 28th July 2022 Once again I was prepared to dig in for another day of tedious tarmac. But it turned out to be better than I had expected. We got the early bus to Carradale at 7.10. We are morning people; there is a 9.30 bus but that would mean we would not arriveContinue reading “Day 215 Carradale to Campbeltown 16.2 miles ascent 1700′”

Wednesday 27th July 2022 I had no great expectations for today’s walk  and it did not disappoint. We left our car at Carradale from where we had a pre-arranged taxi to take us back to Claonaig where we finished yesterday afternoon. It was the same taxi driver as yesterday; he had lived in Essex forContinue reading “Day 214 – Claonaig to Carradale 15 miles 1787′ of ascent”

Tuesday 26th July 2022 On our last walk we reached the ferry at Portavadie. Today we were starting to walk from Tarbert where the ferry from Portavadie comes in. You have to be fairly specific with the name”Tarbert” and “Tarbet”; it is Gaelic for an isthmus or narrowing and there are many of them throughoutContinue reading “Day 213 – Tarbert to Claonaig 12.2 miles 1648′ of ascent”

The largest panel of prehistoric rock art in Britain is at Achnabreck, just a short distance from Lochgilphead. Jill has long been fascinated by rock art and the questions posed by it so we took the opportunity to visit Achnabreck on our way to the start of this walk.The first rock art was discovered onContinue reading “Rock Art”

Friday 24th June 2022 Having done an extra four miles yesterday, today’s walk was reduced to just over ten miles and so we had a slightly later breakfast at 7.30. Then Jill got it into her head that there was a loop of about eight miles that we could add on leaving us with lessContinue reading “Day 212 – Auchenbreck to Portavadie 22.5 miles”