ローヤル湖での周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

The boggy struggle to get to the bottom of the mountain is very much part of the experience! This is a wild and raw part of Scotland.

The view to the abandoned farmstead of Cunside with Sgor Chaonasaid rearing up behind it is spectacular. When you also consider the isolation and the boggy terrain you come to realise just how hard it must have been trying to live here.

This is near the start of the steep climb up to Sgor Chaonasaid.

Short climb, great view

From the river you can reach the castle ruins in about 15 minutes

The castle’s precise origins and age are unknown, but it is believed to be over one thousand years old1. It is thought that the Mackays may have built their castle on the site in the 14th century, on top of an existing old Norse fort1. The walls are generally 1.4 metres (5 ft) thick, or thicker, and have been built from roughly squared blocks of metamorphosed sandstone rock of varying thickness, laid in rough courses of random depth.

Climb the tower for amazing views

Small road aside to sea. Walk long Kyleside and enjoy great view on the Kyle. Afterwards you walk through an alley of older and younger trees. Seldom cars. Half way up one can see the mussels farms in the bay