The pictures on these pages are either Local or Holiday pictures that do not appear in the walks.
After having a few days just touring around we were both ready for a walk. We had taken our walking gear with us but had no maps or knowledge of the area. I had a chat with the site owner where we were staying and he gave us directions for a 12 mile walk that stayed mainly on tarmac. Now walkinh on tarmac isn't my idea of fun but he assured me that there would be no traffic and our return would be over open moorland. So armed with the directions and little else we set off on a bright but overcast morning.
The entrance to our site on the A828. The start of our walk was on the other side of the road, the B845 through Gleann Salach.
The start of our route through Gleann Salach. Yes it's a minor road but once past the few houses at the start we never saw a soul or any traffic all the way through
The start of, or in our case the end of the old coffin route from Achnaba which would would be our return path
Actually it was quite pleasant walking, you could have a good look around without fear of tripping over a protruding rock or going down a hole
Approaching the highest part of the road here. Although the previous pictures looked quite flat we actually climbed about 1000 feet in 3.5 miles. Looking down to Loch Etive.
Now we are dropping down to the shores of Loch Etive to follow a very minor road to Achnaba
Loch Etive...One of the many sea lochs which cut deep into the western coastline
One of the many salmon farms that flourish in the sea lochs
A close up of the Connel Bridge which crosses Loch Etive by the Falls of Lora
From Achnaba our way back lay over open moorland following the track of an old coffin route
The path was plain to see in its early stages but as we progressed the ground got rougher and wetter making navigation difficult
The views however were fantastic.
This unfortunately was the last picture of the day. By this point we were both wet through up to the knees, our path had long gone and I made a decision to descend steeply through a plantation to our outward path. A lesson learned......never venture out, particularly in unknown territory without a map!!!!