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SCOTLAND > THE
ISLE OF RASSAY
> TRAIL 2 'Rassay run south'
Distance about 17.1miles / 27.5km 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 |
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We suggest
starting from the
Isle of Rassay Hotel
(Churchton Bay): |
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(1) From the car park T.L. & follow
the rd through the village & towards the ferry
terminal.
(2) At the T.JCT.
opposite the fire station T.R. & follow coast
rd to ferry terminal.
At the ferry terminal GO-STR-ON up long hill
sign posted. (Aiseag
Ratharsair) towards Eyre.
(3) When the
tarmac ends, bear slight R. onto well defined grass
track.
Now aim for some
gates behind the lighthouse (Eyre Point)
(4) Follow
green track between fences to a padlocked gate
& here T.R. to shoreline.
Follow shoreline
(best you can) into the woods, then back onto
shoreline.
(5) Follow track
to a old hen house on the shore next to big
tree with red buoy by river.
T.L. & go up a narrow track, hugging the edge of
wood.
Now make your way across open pasture to the
Fearns rd. (Very steep hill)
(6) T.L.
At Fearns rd & climb steeply to the Col &
picnic bench & views.
(About 150m /
450ft)
(7) GO-STR-ON
downhill to the disused mine buildings &
T.R.
(8) Go over the
bridge & onto stony forest track, sweep L.
onto (Burma Rd Trail)
TIP 1
Follow the trail through the wood twin track
becomes single, then rooty downhill.
(9) At tarmac rd
two options, T.R. long climb to hostel or
T.L. back to Rassay hotel.
TIP 2
(10)
GO-STR-ON past hostel & Oskaig Cut to
single-track tarmac (Main Rd & maybe a car too)
(11)
GO-STR-ON at the triangle, through the bends
& down over the bridge & up far side.
(12) At a
lay-by with picnic bench above Loch
Turn hairpin R. onto well defined stony track.
Follow track stubbornly uphill to JCT. beneath (Dun
Ca'an) summit (no SP)
(13) At top T.R.
along the crags past Loch na Mna, then head
down roughly with stream.
Follow stream
roughly down, track becomes steeper & broken.
(14) T.R. into
Rassay forest & head down to forest rd, then
T.L. & head to wooden bridge.
(15) At old
mine buildings T.R. & go downhill on fast steep
& in places slippery tarmac rd.
(16) At
T.JCT. bear L. & follow the rd to the next T.JCT.
here T.R. for hotel.
Follow road back to the hotel and car park. |
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TIP
1 > Remember
this turn when you descend from Dun Ca'an on the way
back.
TIP 2 > From hotel
T.R. & follow only road towards Oskaig Point,
bear R. up grass terraced at a lay-by immediately
before a sharp bend
& cattle grid opposite white house. |
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route may have changed due to unforeseen
circumstances beyond our control .. always carry a
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