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Carsaig To Beach 14 Miles
Heading towards Bunessan, drive past the Carsaig road end and go maybe a
mile till you find somewhere suitable to park. "This just gives you a
warm up before you hit the hill”. At the junction turn right and head up
the hill towards Carsaig. Stay on the main road for 2.6 miles,
just as you start to head down hill there is a track on your right that
runs for 1/3 of a mile to a sheep fank, go through the wall and left
across the burn and follow the track round the corner of the hill.
After that just follow along the track along the cliff top “Not to close
to the edge it’s a long way down” for 4 miles until you get to the
highest point Ghorrie’s leap at 1000 feet. From here head down hill,
there is a quad track but its hard to find the start if you cant find it
if you look down you will see a ruin just head for that and you should
find the track on the way down.
From the ruin follow the track up to the gate go through and head along
the track through the forest for a mile until you come to the forest
road then it’s a fast 2 mile downhill with a gate and ford half way back
down to the main road. Turn right onto the main road and its back to
where ever you left the car…
Scoor To Beach 15.6 Miles
Starting from the car park in Bunessan head up the hill for half a mile
until you come to the Scoor turn of on your right. Take this and head
along it for 1.2 mile to the end of the tarred road then another ½ mile
on a rough road until the road forks left to a gate into the forest. Go
through the gate and take the road up through the forest through a gate
and keep going for 4.2 miles until you come to the end of the road. At
the end you will find a quad track follow this for a mile keeping the
fence on your left until you come to the top of the hill. Head down the
hill and turn left at the bottom follow the track along to the ruin From
the ruin follow the track up to the gate go through and head along the
track through the forest for a mile until you come to the forest road
then it’s a fast 2 mile downhill with a gate and ford half way back down
to the main road. Turn left onto the main road for the 6 mile ride back
to Bunessan…
Coast To Coast Tobermory to Lochbuie 30 Miles
Although I have said this is 30 miles unless you have somebody picking
you up at the finish it is 34 miles back by the road to Tobermory.
Anyway this one starts from the town clock on Tobermory main street and
heads up the Eas Brae to the round about and go right over the bridge
and follow the road for half a mile to the next crossroads and take the
road to Dervaig for 3.75 miles passing the Mishnish lochs on your left.
At the end of the lochs is a hill with a crash barrier down the side
with a forest road turning left at the bottom the signs says Loch Frisa.
The road runs for 8 miles along the side of Loch Frisa joining onto the
main road at the top of Aros hill.
Take a right onto the main road and follow it for 3.8 miles along the
single track road joining onto the double road carrying on until you
come to the double bridges. On your right there is a rough road heading
up into Glenforsa take for 3.7 miles through a couple of gates over a
bridge until you come to a gate into the forest (Its 3.9 miles from her
on through to the main road) the road carries on from the gate for a
couple of miles then goes onto a track then kind of peters out from
there on you just have to make your way through to the road at the other
side carrying /pushing the bike.
Depending on the time of year its easer to stay on the high side of the
fence until you spot the forest track on your left. When you reach the
main road turn right and follow it for 2.2 miles to the top of the hill
with the three lochs down on your left. You now have a 3.4 mile leg
through to the main road at Lochbuie.
Make your way down to the right of the middle loch where you will find a
boggy track follow this track to the end of the loch and cross over the
river to find the track again running down the left side of the 3rd
loch. From here on you just follow the track down through the glen until
you join onto the main road turning left for the last ¾ miles to the
cairn by the shore at Lochbuie……
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