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Anyone been or know of any places that may be worth a look ?
Stopping in Carradale for a couple of days and taking the bike
I have been before but that was over 15 years ago and just road around the forest and beach
Cheers
Andy
Kintyre way as ridden by coastrider is one bit looks worth expolring. Other stuff in his blog as well IIRC
http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2010/07/biking-kintyre-way.html
I've done a route involving quite a lot of road and the Kintyre way. I did Clonaig => Clachan => Tarbet => Skipness => Clonaig. Nice outing but don't expect lots of singletrack. The busy road spoils it a little bit. I'd probably do it the anticlockwise next time as the best singletrack descent is probably down into Tarbet.
Not ridden it but it looks like there is some singletrack around Carradale on cnoc nan Gabhar. Not enough for a longer route but maybe an hours entertainment.
Not really a lot to ride around carradale and campbeltown. More forestry roads than anything. Their is a short run around bhein ghuilean behind Campbeltown but it's only 2k long. Are you driving down? If so you could stop at Lochgilphead as they have the fire tower trail there which is not bad
Cheers Chaps
Yes driving so was tempted to the drive up to Lochgilphead but did not know worth if its worth the drive,
Stoppin off at Glentress on the way home if we have time, not been there before so that should be good
will have a peek at the Kintyre Way info later
Some of the big armoured access paths on Arran look like a giggle, Glen Sannox, Glen Rosa and the coire north east of Goatfell all had big long tracks into their upper reaches. Don't know how quick or easy the access is from Claonaig though.
If you look on an OS Map just S of W end of Crinan Canal there is Ardhoe?? forest track that goes S on coast and can I think** be joined through woodland to Lochgilphead. (Crianan canal by the way is a lovely bimble), but I didn't manage the trails.
Arran
- Lamlash to Clauchlands to Brodick on coast - nice/short.
- Lamlash over foresty (tracks)route to Whiting Bay (*waterfall/Giants grave), then along coast(off piste) to Kings Cross (*mainly rideable), up road at fish farm, to 'main road',on downhill to Lamlash drop R to Cordon, then lamlash
See Arran Mountain biking site