Beautiful short walk onto the northerly peninsula by Shieldaig, one of the most picturesque villages in the Highlands. There are many lovely spots to admire the shoreline and look for otters and herons.
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There is a path, very rocky in places, but fairly easy to follow with some sections that can be wet underfoot.
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Car park at Shieldaig near the public toilets.
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1. From the car park walk up the road to the sharp bend. Here go straight up the road to the right of Shieldaig Primary School. Looking back there are lovely views over the village of Shieldaig and Shieldaig Island which is a nature reserve. Follow the road as it bends to the left and passes the football pitch. Before the sign for Rubha Lodge turn right up a stony track that skirts the football pitch, passes a metal chain barrier and then bends to the left.
2. The newly-built track continues, with good coastal views between silver birch trees. A little further on the ruins of former houses and a holiday chalet can be seen at the bay near Camas Beithe. Here the track becomes a path. On the opposite side there are good views up Loch Torridon. After crossing some heather moorland a fork marked with a small cairn is reached. Keep to the left and follow the faint path up slabby rocks marked with a couple of tiny cairns. A grassier path keeps further left, if you follow this it will soon rejoin the centre path.
3. The narrow path passes through some young silver birch trees and then down a very short rocky step to cross a flat heathery section. Soon a green metal barn comes into view, keep to the left of the barn, the other path leads to a house. After the barn there is the option of going straight on for a couple of minutes up to a viewpoint. From here there are lovely views of Inveralligin and the Diabaig peninsula straight ahead and also down Loch Torridon. Return to the previous junction and go through the gap in the stone wall and cross the grassy ground in front of the barn following the white painted stones.
4. From here you can see the boat hut below and the sheltered bay. Climb up a rocky step, which can be bypassed by a faint path on the right, and keep following the path which soon descends another rocky step through birch trees where care is needed because of the tree roots underfoot.
5. After a short boggy section through bracken and reeds, the path emerges at a lovely green sward where sheep graze in front of the house at Bad-callda. Just before you get to the house turn right at a right angle to follow a faint grassy track away from the shore and the house. The path soon becomes clearer. Keep left at a fork and cross the heather moorland as the path curves to the left. Keep left as it crosses rocky ground and then descends through some trees to meet another path.
6. Turn right onto the path and follow it as it crosses some wet ground on small stepping stones. There are lovely views across the water to Torridon village to the left and also to a fish farm closer to the shore. The path is now much clearer and soon leads back to the cairn where the path originally split. Turn left here to follow the outward path and track back to Shieldaig.
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