Isle of
Raasay TRAIL 1 (The Long
Callum's Road) Distance
about 23.8miles / 38km round trip.
Tarmac road, Technical
sections, Steep up & downs.
Medium to Hard route, Open to the elements, Take
adequate kit.
Climbing to about 200m / 600ft Take careBicyclemania Suggest starting from the Isle of Raasay Hotel (Churchton Bay)
(1)From the car park T.R. &
follow the only rd N. through Oskaig above Holoman Bay.
(2)Follow the road to bends & climb N. on the high moorland rd
heading to E. of Island.
(3)Follow Callum's rd along
drops & sharp corners on tarmac to end & Arnish. SP (Torran Fladday)
(4)Head N.W. downhill on a rough track, will improve at the bottom of
the first hill. Follow the track around to the
Torran schoolhouse.
(5)T.R. opposite the schoolhouse
onto boggy track through the Birchwood. Follow the track, well
de-fined, becomes steep & very hard to ride. (Mostly push) Follow track all the way to Col
beneath the Red Rock Wall, then downhill for 300m to a JCT.
(6)T.L. at this moorland JCT. onto
rabbit tracks through the heather. Follow the track, mainly
rideable, some walking by the terraced bit, steep coast path. Descent to the coastal path
opposite Fladday.
(7)Turn hairpin Left onto very
narrow coast path, up hill with scary bits, plus good bits.
(The farther you go the better it
becomes on this exposed path towards Torran)
(8)At Torran schoolhouse GO-STR-ON
on quad track, broken in places, ridable, walk last bit.
(9)Follow track towards Arnish &
the Callum's rd. (Now harder this way around)
(10)Follow Callum's rd to Brochel
castle & then follow rd to hairpin above Holoman Bay.
(11)Here re-trace your route back
to the hotel, or follow the rd over the hill to the Hostel.
(12)Follow the rd pass the hostel &
downhill to a T.JCT. near a car park to the R.
T.R. & follow the rd back to the hotel & the start. Tip> Fast downhill's, maybe
sheep in the middle of the rd or abandon machinery.