Plockton Coral Beach

LOCHALSH: KYLE AND PLOCKTON AREAS


Summary :	A short walk to a beautiful white beach; the only downside being that the route is extremely muddy.
Terrain :	Exceptionally muddy path; at times it may be necessary to clamber along on the rocks beside it as it is impassable in places.
Grade :		Distance :	2km/1.25 miles
Bog Factor :		Time :	1 hour
Start :	Plockton airfield	Grid ref :	NG789329
Map :	View an OS map of the route Buy Explorer 428 - Kyle of Lochalsh	Ascent :	35m
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Public Transport :	Plockton is served by both buses and the railway.[Click for timetables - choose Area 4]

1. As you approach Plockton by car, turn left at the school (signed for the railway station). Don't drive into the station, but instead follow the road, turning left when signed 'Dubh Aird' and 'Beach access'. After the next couple of corners, there is room to park near a green caravan and a wooden footpath sign. Alternatively, you could walk to this point from Plockton village (2 kilometres each way).

2. Turn along the muddy track as indicated by the wooden sign ('Footpath to the Shore'). The track is very muddy; after passing through a gate continue straight ahead, ignoring the track off to the right. The track ends at a turning area, close to another green caravan. Go through the gate straight ahead here, and follow a path through the gorse bushes. The path gets muddier and muddier, and it may become necessary to divert onto the rocks just right of the path to avoid becoming stuck in the mud.

3. The path doglegs right slightly into some woodland. Bear left here and continue downhill, soon reaching the beach after scrambling carefully down the slabby rocks. The beach sand is made out of dried,calcified sea weed known as maerl, like the similar but better known coral beach on Skye.

4. It is a beautiful and completely peaceful spot; a place to linger. When you've had enough, the only return is back through all that mud....

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