Duirinish and Drumbuie coast

LOCHALSH: KYLE AND PLOCKTON AREAS


Summary :	A short walk round a section of coastline with wonderful views. There is a good chance of seeing seals or otters.
Terrain :	Waymarked path throughout though it is indistinct in many places; also many sections are very boggy.
Grade :		Distance :	3km/1.75 miles
Bog Factor :		Time :	1 hour
Start :	Duirinish Railway station	Grid ref :	NG779315
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Public Transport :	Trains stop at Duirinish on request; otherwise there is a bus service between Kyle and Plockton; get off at Drumbuie and join the walk there.[Click for timetables - choose Area 4]

1. Take the minor road to Duirinish station from the bottom of the village. The road bends right at the tiny station; there is parking on the right hand side just before the road goes over the level crossing. Now on foot, cross the level crossing and follow the road which curves down to the coast, passing the pretty cove at Port Ban, with views to the Applecross mountains.

2. Continue along the road to Port-an-eorna. This is a stunningly situated hamlet of four or five houses. Pass the modern house, and look out for the wooden footpath sign pointing left; it reads 'Coast walk to Drumbuie'. Turn up the path, which turns right (indistinct) just before reaching a stony field. From here on, the path is very boggy and indistinct in parts, but keeps within about fifty metres of the coastline. There are occasional National Trust wooden marker posts.

3. The path comes closer to the sea and gives wonderful views over to the Cuillin of Skye. At one point a fence is crossed by a stile between the gorse bushes. Continue to keep close to the coast and looking out for the markers as Drumbuie comes into view and a couple of pebbly coves are past.

4. A second fence is reached with a ditch beyond; turn left here up the edge of the field, crossing over the ditch when a gate and dilapidated bridge is reached, which gives access to the track on the other side of the ditch. Turn left up the track, which soon bends right and heads towards the railway line. Keep on the track and you will cross over the railway on a bridge, entering the hamlet of Drumbuie.

5. There are a few houses at first on the right side of the road; turn left downhill just before the first house of the left side. There is a faint path, and you should be able to see a wooden bridge over the ditch in the field - aim for this, which is reached over a stile. Once over the ditch, the path keeps alongside a fence, which is then crossed at a style (there is a low signpost here). The path now runs along the low ridge - giving much drier going - to return to Duirinish station.

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