Skindog, firstly I’ve only ridden the route anticlockwise personally and the Fungle is one of my favourite routes so I’m displaying my own innate prejudice here… 🙂
The Firmounth used to be my favourite climb but the last time I was up (over a year ago) they were resurfacing and had got to approx the dip between Hill of Cat & Gannoch. I’ve assumed that they didn’t stop there… That was the fun bit for me…
So what I meant was if you are coming up the Firmounth from Tarfside turn right at the sign post for the Fungle (see photo 1) and follow it down (it gets a little vague at Birse Castle but if you keep left and hit their access road you’re fine) and then take the left at the sign posted path down to The Guard (see photo 2). Hope that’s cleared it up…
What are they doing? by Metalheart-UK, on Flickr
Singletrack Fungle by Metalheart-UK, on Flickr
From photo 1 they have resurfaced the start of the Fungle too, that’s what the Firmounth looked like from Hill of cat to Tarfside….
I really must take a look up to see where they actually stopped…
HTH.