Distance: 499 km Grade: 5 (Tough)

Glen Forsa © Copyright Mick Garratt and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.             

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Mull Beach

Description:

A true wilderness walk based on the book Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson and only for the experienced hill walker who knows how to use a map and compass. Be prepared for remote and wild landscapes with little or no accommodation! If you think you can do it....think again...and again! This one is tough!

The route itself covers a wide variety of terrain and while Robert Louis Stevenson gives some excellent detail e.g. the island of Erraid, much of the book is quite vague which gives great scope for a variety of routes!

Starting from Erraid on Mull, across Rannoch Moor (the hardest sections of the walk) and passing through various places mentioned in the book and stunning landscapes, the walker finishes in a pub in South Queensferry (!)

Stages:

As for the 'doability' of the different stages, please check with https://www.stevensonway.org.uk/index.php

  1. Erraid - Ardalanish 22 km
  2. Ardalanish - Carsaig 22 km
  3. Carsaig - Glen Forsa 25 km
  4. Glen Forsa - Lochaline 20 km
  5. Lochaline - Kingsairloch 31 km
  6. Kingsairloch - Ballachulish (28 km)
  7. Ballachulish - James of the Glen Bothy (17 km)
  8. James of the Glen Bothy - Signal Rock/Glencoe (29 km)
  9. Signal Rock - Kinlochleven (16 km)
  10. Kinlochleven - Loch Ossian (25 km)
  11. Loch Ossian - Loch Rannoch (38 km)
  12. Loch Rannoch - Bein  Achaladiar (20 km)
  13. Bein  Achaladiar - Batavaime (24 km)
  14. Batavaime - Loch Voil (27 km)
  15. Loch Voil - Moors east of Strathyre (28 km)
  16. Moors - Dunblane (33 km)
  17. Dunblane - Tillycoultry (25 km)
  18. Tillycoultry - Rosyth (41 km)
  19. Rosyth - South Queensferry (8 km)