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In Mull for a few days from Sunday. Has anyone got any recommendations for easy off road (or part off road) routes? We're both on crossers.
Cheers.
Cheers Matt. I had a vague recollection that there was someone on here who lived on Mull but couldn't remember who it was!
Mull resident here - where are you staying? What little off-road on the island is predominantly forestry roads. If you’re in Tobermory, north of the island the most obvious is Ardmore Forest around to Glengorm (cafe) which is a mix of road and forest track. You can also extend this route around to Loch Torr and Dervaig, but there is forestry work around Torr so I don’t know the current condition of the track. Another loop is from Dervaig, head north through the village and out to Quinish point via Mingary and you can return via forest roads to Loch Torr and ride the switchbacks on the road back to Dervaig. Unhelpfully, many of the forest tracks on the OS maps are incorrect and many of the rideable tracks aren’t on the map. Another option is the forest road from Aros Mains (between Tobermory and Salen) and head north to Lettermore and along the east side of Loch Frisa and then continue north to Ballimeanoch and around to Glengorm. Most roads here are singletrack, so taking a cross/gravel bike on the road means you can easily ride on the verges. There isn’t much off road in the middle and south of the island as it is less populated. You can ride along the south shore of Loch Ba from Knock to Gortenbuie. Another is from Tiroran to Burg and then go for a scramble along the shore to the fossilised tree. PM me if you want more info.
Cheers for that. We're at the Port nan Gael campsite. Going to play it by ear with the weather but it looks OK till Thursday at least.
Going to play it by ear with the weather but it looks OK till Thursday at least.
Hmm, maybe! We're weather watching too as we hope to hop out to Colonsay & Oronsay on Wednesday and it looks 'iffy' at present... We'll wave across the water.
Haven’t ridden anything down on the Ross, but as I said, you could ride the road around Loch Scridian to Tiroran and then take the track out to Burg. You could also ride the road down to Carsaig - nothing rideable down there, but a short walk to some caves and wild goats. The best beach on Mull is at Knockvologan, just south of Fionnphort and well worth a visit, particularly at low tide as you can walk across to Erraid. Enjoy!
Spooky - sat in Fascadale over the water on Ardnamurchan and have just plotted up pretty much that route north from Tobermory as I fancy a ferry and a change of scenery!
Ha! I’ve taken the ferry from Tob to Kilchoan a few times with my bike for a change of scenery - my usual riding options are generally turning left or right, usually depending on which way the wind blows!
I can recommend The Lost Road of Ardnamurchan - the hike-a-bike section in the middle is a bit tedious (but scenic) - but a great day out on the gravel bike. The middle section is probably rideable in parts on an MTB, but then to road part of the loop would be a drag!
The roads felt very safe to ride when I did a mini tour a couple of years ago. Absolutely stunning too, with a surprising amount of climbing.