PERTH & KINROSS HIGHLAND 25 LOCH TURRET & BEN CHONZIE 26 ARISAIG & CAMUSDARACH SCOTLAND A W N SCOTLAND A uDistance: 9½ miles/15.25km uTime: 4 hours uGrade: Challenging B S E uDistance: 8½ miles/13.5km uTime: 4 hours uGrade: Moderate B View of Glen Turret at PLAN YOUR WALK Looking to Rum PLAN YOUR WALK the end of the walk. from Camusdarach. FEATURE SEE ON PAGE 28 PHOTO: PHOTO: DAVID KIRKPATRICK DAVID KEITHFERGUS ROUTE ROUTE Start/parking Glen Turret Start/parking Arisaig car park, PH7 4LD, Car park, PH39 4NH, grid ref NN821265 grid ref NM659864 Is it for me? Walk around Is it for me? Rough coastal CHOSEN BY… Experience’. Just past the Loch and climb a Munro CHOSEN BY… of Arisaig where there is ample paths, beach, quiet roads, and two tops with great generally flat DAVID distillery, look for a sign to Loch KEITH FERGUS parking. In early 19th century views of Perthshire. Stiles None KIRKPATRICK Turret. This small winding road Stiles None The west coast of Arisaig was home to a thriving A circular walk that leads past a water works, and Scotland is renowned community with both fishing PLANNING starts from Loch Turret near arrives at Loch Turret Car Park. PLANNING for its string of beautiful and crofting key to village’s Nearest town Arisaig Crieff that includes a walk From here, take Eastern track Nearest town Crieff beaches and awe-inspiring economy. Facing Loch nan Refreshments around the Loch edge, a climb around Loch, passing a pump Refreshments views. Nowhere is this better Ceall turn R, walk along B8008 Arisaig Hotel, Arisaig up to Ben Chonzie which is a house. Follow track till end Shops at Crieff exemplified than the four through Arisaig, admiring (Tel: 01687 450210) Public toilets Crieff Public toilets Arisaig solitary Munro (931m), and a of Loch. Public transport gorgeous miles between the stunning scenery. As road Public transport Bus from walk back over the highlands Take a bus to Crieff, and idyllic village of Arisaig and sweeps R turn L onto minor Fort William to Arisaig taking in stunning views of 2½ miles/3.9km walk or cycle from there the undisturbed beauty of road signposted for Arisaig Maps OS Explorer 398; Perthshire. You would be 2Eventually you will reach Maps OS Explorer OL47 Camusdarach beach which Cemetery. Follow this to small Landranger 40 unlucky to not come across end of Loch. The track & 379; Landranger 52 bookend this dazzling, simple car park, go R through gate mountain hares that run continues NW but will peter walk. Camusdarach takes the then climb path through rampant at the top and wild out and can get boggy in SW with an easier climb form of an amazing arc of grounds of eye-catching B8008) and continue, enjoying kites flying above. You can places. Keep to right of steadily to top of Ben Chonzie. brilliant, white sand with the St Mary’s Church, which exceptional views of Skye, for finish off with a trip to the the Turret Burn. A fence can be used as guide intense blue waters of the dates from 1849. another 0.75km. Descend past local distillery to quench which takes you near top. Sound of Sleat drawing the Back of Keppoch to reach your thirst! 3½ miles/5.6km eye to the Small Isles and to ½ mile/0.75km entrance of Invercaimbe 3Pass Lochan Uaina on right, 4½ miles/7.3km Skye’s jagged contours. 2Exit L through gate, follow Caravan site. Start and start to climb steeply up 4At top of Ben Chonzie, quiet B8008 (keep an eye out 1From Crieff, follow signs to the top of the Col directly in a small wall of stones makes Start for traffic) for 1.25km to 1½ miles/2.75km to ‘The Famous Grouse front of you. From there head a good place for a breather or ➥ 1Begin from the lovely village junction. Keep L (still the 3Turn L, follow track through ➥ GRADIENT PROFILE GRADIENT PROFILE 1200 600 800 400 400 200 metres metres 0 0 km 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 km 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 ✁ SCOTLAND SCOTLAND HIGHLAND PERTH & KINROSS 26 ARISAIG & CAMUSDARACH 25 LOCH TURRET & BEN CHONZIE uOS Explorer map 398 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop uOS Explorer map OL47 & 379 uBuy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop DON’T MISS... 5 3 Don’t forget your camera as there are 4 spectacular beaches and the scenery is incredible. 2 4 the site to Caimbe beach. From here route heads north over gorgeous sands and around rocky coves, passing 5 MEDIA001/17 ORDNANCESURVEY. 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN another small campsite. The landscape never fails to inspire and you may spot sea eagles. Rough path skirts rugged 6 Portnaluchaig and its campsite, before beach walking alongside B8008 reaches scattering of houses at Traigh. Superb ©CROWN COPYRIGHT 2017 ORDNANCE SURVEY. MEDIA001/17 ORDNANCESURVEY. 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN views to Rum. 3 3½ miles/5.5km 4Keep north along coast 1 START with mixture of soft sand and grassy paths taking you the final mile to Camusdarach, an idyllic spot to unwind and revel DON’T MISS... 6 miles/9.8km and should be climbed to in the breathtaking view of 5Meall na Seide (757m) follow the easier route back Eigg, Rum and Skye before 2 Enjoy a tipple is the next top. Take care to car park. A track from making the return journey. at The Famous with navigation in bad visibility the top leads SE following Some scenes for the classic Grouse as the plateau is featureless the line back down to the Scottish movie Local Hero Experience distillery and can be boggy in places. Loch. were filmed here (it was the 1 START at the end of the walk. You should see wildlife in this setting for the ramshackle Tel: 01764 656565. area where mountain hares regularly roam. From here home of Ben Knox, the is an extremely popular GET THIS WALK GET THIS WALK character played by the setting for marriages. lunch in good weather. From you should be able to pick ON YOUR PHONE: July2017 Walking © Country ON YOUR PHONE: July2017 Walking © Country here, head SE over the up a path that leads to marvellous Scottish actor lfto.com/cwroutes lfto.com/cwroutes Fulton MacKay) as well as the 4¼ miles/6.75km relatively flat plateau. Its starts Carn Chois (788m) popular television series 5Retrace steps along coast IN ASSOCIATION WITH quite grassy, but then turns to IN ASSOCIATION WITH Hamish Macbeth, starring or hop over dunes and through heather and peat mounds 7 miles/11.3km another great Scottish actor car park to pick up the B8808 which can be tiring to navigate 6The top of Carn Chois is Robert Carlyle. The beach and follow to Arisaig. OS MAPS through. quite rocky with a Trig Point, OS MAPS ✁.