Kintyre Way Walk with photos of routes.

[jdcarra]

We are hopefully going to go Cross Kintyre route (Tayinloan to Carradale) on the mountain bikes on Sunday. Will post some pics from it.

My husband says he will need a rope for me to go up the hills!

Need a rope to stop you going down the hills . Carradale Firefighters walked Killean to Carradale last year, a great walk and I took lots of pics.

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue are walking it this Saturday, Carradale team are walking from Tayinloan to Saddell. Tarbert and Campbeltown are also doing their part all in the aid of the Ben fund.

[SmithD]

My husband says there is a tarred bit for the lorries at one point! Can't wait for that! But I'm sure I'm in good hands! Hopefully weather reasonable!

Wish you all luck - if there are any struggling firemen still left over they can always thumb a lift! (it will cost tho)think I will need the lift from the west road side as far as I know its all hills from the start!Been up in a jeep and look pretty scary

[Malky]

There will be a report about the Kintyre Way tonight, Friday at 6.30pm on Reporting Scotland.

Malky

[Logs]

I've just seen the report on reporting scotland this lunchtime! Great publicity for the area...I hope it brings some tourists to the area. And it helps that the live broadcast was on a sunny day! Apologies if someone has already posted this...but here's a link to the website http://www.kintyreway.com

Logs
xxx

[Ship called Dignity]

Yes - here is the link to the video report

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/ ... .y=0&go=go

Click down the right hand side.

[Beachcomber]

Good luck for tomorrow, JD, and all the other Carradale fire-fighters.

[Ship called Dignity]

Yes - hopefully JD will get some photos for us. Was going to go to Tarbert to walk the first bit but too busy!

[Ninja Mania]

Yes - hopefully JD will get some photos for us. Was going to go to Tarbert to walk the first bit but too busy!

So your a comedien now too Mr P.
I know that was a joke because your pram is not an ATV, is it ?

[jdcarra]

The Kintyre Way information/map was delivered yesterday. Just a scanned copies to give some info for those not received any yet.

Cheers folk's, away to get the hiking boots on now, Tarbert are on the road as we type, no update on Campbeltown at this time.

Hopfully we will have pics posted from team members and other members of the public later.

[4th gen Suthen']

Yes - hopefully JD will get some photos for us. Was going to go to Tarbert to walk the first bit but too busy!

So your a comedien now too Mr P.
I know that was a joke because your pram is not an ATV, is it ?

It is an A T P

Very interesting and exciting about the Kintyre Way.........could and should be great for the area.

Just a thought about the part from Machrihanish to Southend.

I have walked that route, from the South, twice. Well once from Carskiey and once from the Mull of Kintyre. Both times in early May, both with VERY challenging sections, any later in the year and the route would be almost impassable due to vegetation....mainly bracken. I certainly would not want to try it now in mid August. I know of one family who went all the way from South to North in lateJuly and it was a totally unenjoyable nightmare.
It most certainly is not a nice, easy going, cliff top path as I imagined it would be.


Will the path be kept trimmed down at all? or would that take away from the experience?
I certainly will be walking sections as the years go on.....will start up at the North end of the peninsula.

[4th gen Suthen']

Now I have studied the map I see that maybe the worst/most difficult part of the high hill walk to Carskiey/MOK is missed out............still wondering if the path will be clearly defined and vegetation kept down.

[Beachcomber]

The Kintyre Way information/map was delivered yesterday. Just a scanned copies to give some info for those not received any yet.

You could have ironed it first, JD!

Try not to get lost today.

Cheers
Gary

[jdcarra]

The Kintyre Way information/map was delivered yesterday. Just a scanned copies to give some info for those not received any yet.

You could have ironed it first, JD!

Try not to get lost today.

Cheers
Gary

Gary

Iron is not working and just arrived home without getting lost.

Great day for a walk, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue crews from Tarbert, Carradale and Campbeltown completed the walk today.

Will post pics later tonight of our walks, away to Saddell the noo for some celebrations.

[SmithD]

Going Tayinloan to Carradale tomorrow on bikes- well some of the way! I aint cycling back to town from Carradale!

Think I am looking forward to it!

[jdcarra]

My husband says there is a tarred bit for the lorries at one point! Can't wait for that! But I'm sure I'm in good hands! Hopefully weather reasonable!

Wish you all luck - if there are any struggling firemen still left over they can always thumb a lift! (it will cost tho)think I will need the lift from the west road side as far as I know its all hills from the start!Been up in a jeep and look pretty scary

Fine going down the tarry bit, but a b*gger going up

Pictures from July 2004 of fire crew on charity walk overland route Killean to Carradale, 13.1 mls total
Looking back to Gigha.


Deuchran Windfarm


The middle gate looking in a north easterly direction


Looking east to Arran.


The tarry hill heading down to Auchnabreck.