Local Walks
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Pub to Pub
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(5 miles there and back, about an hour) Perhaps the most popular and easiest walk is from The Galley of Lorne pub in Ardfern to The Lord of the Isles in Craobh across the Lunga Drive, arriving just in time for lunch/supper. Or vice versa depending where you start.
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Ardlarach & Lerigoligan
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(1.5 miles) This walk takes you on to the old road, which used to run down the middle of the peninsula rather than along the coast. Start off walking towards Craobh Haven, but just past where the tarmac finishes take the right fork. Continue, bearing right at the next fork, just past the cattle grid, until you approach a cottage. The track runs in front of the cottage and up some stone steps leading to two chalets. At the top of the steps, turn right, go through the gate ahead of you and bear slightly right, uphill. Carry on to the top of the rise, then on down the track until you see houses below you and a gate on your right. Go through the gate and down the hill, eventually coming out in the village hall car park
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Barrackan & Barmor
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(4 miles there and back) Just over half a mile south of the centre of Ardfern, take the track on your right, immediately before 'Heron's Cottage'. Walk up the track, which leads past the entrance to Corranmor farmhouse and over two cattle grids. The track continues for about a mile, going through one gate en route, until it bends sharply to the right, giving wonderful views westwards to Scarba, Jura and Mull.
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Down to the Point
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(8 miles there and back) To get a good view of the Corrievreckan whirlpool, either walk or drive south on the main road from Ardfern leaving Kilvaree chapel on your left and Craignish Castle on your right. After about three miles you reach a gate, just before a cottage. Continue along the track until you come to the car park by the pier – a great spot from which to watch the sun setting in the west. Walk on south; the track, which crosses a bog then snakes up the side of the hill, is easy to find. The views from the hill are spectacular. In some conditions, the standing wave near the Scarba shore - and the turbulent water - can be seen with the naked eye, but for a really good view, take binoculars.
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