Yes the path is still marked closed in two sections, but we still walked the proper route. Its safe enough and plenty of others doing the same.
Park the car at Victoria Park far end beside toilets.
The tarmac path heads up to start of walk and along cliffs. The road closed sign is passed in doing so.
We just walked and looked down at every interesting deature along the way, so didn't make any great progress but we went up and down the slopes a great many times.
Highlights follow:
- A view back up to cliff top
- Needle E'e with happy explorer
- Entrance to Mermaid's kirk
- Mermaid's Kirk I think
- The rock fall that closed the path. We walked over on the landward side of path to be sure, there's already a well worn track along it.
- The stack of rock guarding entrance to Dickmont's Den inlet
- From the bench on promontory, looking back to cave
- In the other direction, the Deil's Heid.
- Before you get to Carlingheugh bay, there is a stony beach with a cave and two guardians, one looks like a dragon to me.
- The path down to the beach in Carlingheugh Bay takes you past an arch
- The beach looking back. We walked around the path going out, but back along the beach coming back. The water was too good to miss. So we cooled our hot heals for a while.
- We got to the end of the bay, walked to highest point for a look round then walked back to Arbroath.
Once back, we went into town to get some Smokies for tea. Magic.
