Warning. Documented route not possible

[Traveller1962]

Warning - original route of walk now not possible.

The walk started well until stage 3 - “aim towards the shire on a faint path to the left”. We were faced with a “Berlin wall” of fencing around a new housing estate being built. We decided not to head for the shore since the fence seemed to go all the way to the shore and we didn’t want to have to walk though boggy ground there and then have to retrace our path if we found we couldn’t get through! We followed the fence line instead towards the existing older housing estate - the ground was pretty boggy! We eventually found our way onto the cycle path which is the return route for the walk and onto the castle via roads.

Such a shame! This walk is t really enjoyable anymore. Walking through bog to a housing estate isn’t the same as walking on the shore! I don’t know whether the shore path will be walkable when the building has been completed?


MODERATOR - Just to confirm the below post that the route is accessible.

Update: The building work is completed; the route has been rewalked and rewritten to reflect the new houses and cycle paths

[tweedledog]

I went along the coast from Ganavan Sands a few weeks ago (not particularly following the Walkhighlands route - this is a local walk for me) and had no problems getting to the shore. There are many paths criscrossing along the tops and therefore various alternative ways down. So you probably would have been OK dropping towards the shore from the point where you met fencing. However, the building site certainly does not improve the walk or the views.