Has anyone ridden the tracks past this lodge?
I passed the road end when I was out on Monday ( http://www.blog.scotroutes.com/2012/09/by-klibreck-and-altnaharra.html) and the OS map show lots of potential loops to the NW, West and South.
Hi
no, *slightly strugging as work access screens out a lot, it's on my to do list, so if you do it an email of conditions etc would be dead handy. (You could try and get phone no off internet and phone - that's worked for me in other parts of Scotland)
I've done the North half of this, from road at N down to here http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=265747&y=930625&z=120&sv=265747,930625&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=576&ax=265747&ay=930625&lm=0 and it was a sandy landrover/car track. I've also scoped out the other end - field (it was 40mph headwind/rain so I abandoned), looked like it could be potentially boggy, but have read a tinternet post by some bloke who has done it - so it's on my MUST do list.
As an aside have you seen these: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=300224&y=944880&z=120&sv=300224,944880&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=576&ax=300224&ay=944880&lm=0 as the station might make it loopable
We went this way a few years back on a Coast to Coast to Coast loop. The track heading South West from the lodge is an easy ride on a good solid estate track. Directly West is more scenic but a bit more hikey-bikey. You can also continue on to Kylestrome from Loch Stack on a fully rideable track over the hills too. Don't know about the tracks to the North of the Lodge though!
gsamc - I think we're at cross-purposes here but thanks for that info anyway. I can feel a plan forming..
josemctavish - the track up Glen Golly is the one that particularly interests me. 😀
Had a feeling that was what you were after - feel free to let me know if you get there first! Think I did a bit of t'internet research and saw something advising against trying to do the pathless link into Srath Dionard that way, but I still reckon it's tempting. I'll maybe stick up some piccies from the C2C we did across that way - don't know if I ever got round to it at the time.
druidh - this mentions a wee bit about the Glen Golly track if it helps any.
[url= http://www.offroadadventures-online.com/arkle.htm ]Arkle Loop[/url]
Arkle loop still have nightmares from the 1 time I did it yearsback. Fair bit of hike a bike from memory with not much st as a reward. Great scenery tho
