Port Lobh & Colonsay House Gardens

Distance on Port Lobh walk: 5km; with Lynsey & Isabel

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We had planned to go for a walk along the west coast north of Port Mor this morning, but we were thwarted by a lack of car parking possibilities. Instead we returned to the golf course where we had parked yesterday afternoon and walked south from there.

It was dry, overcast and windy when we set off walking shortly before 10:30am with Isabel in the rucksack carrier.  We headed past the airfield and down onto the pretty beach in the bay of Port Lobh. We then picked up a path over the next headland, where we got excellent views over the next beach, sand dunes and across to Beinn Oronsay. After returning to the car by a similar route, we headed back to Scalasaig for lunch at The Pantry.

Later that afternoon, after we had finished packing, we took tea & cake at the Colonsay House tearoom before going for a stroll in the woodland gardens. A lot of the paths were quite narrow, so we were a little bit restricted on what we could take Isabel along in the pushchair, but we still managed to do a pleasant circular walk. We returned to Scalasaig and boarded the ferry to Port Askaig on Islay.

Beinn nan Gudairean & Tobar Fuar beach

Distance on Scalasaig hill walk: 5km; Distance on Tobar Fuar beach: 1.5km; with Lynsey & Isabel

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This morning we headed out on a walk in the hills around Scalasaig with Isabel in the rucksack. We followed the track behind our accommodation up into the hills. We soon reached the very windy summit of Beinn nan Gudairean where we briefly admired the view before descending to get out of the wind. We followed the track to the north to join the road, which we followed back into Scalasaig, with good views across to Jura.

Whilst Isabel was napping after lunch, I nipped up to the monument on a hill above Scalasaig from where there were good views, although it was quite wet and windy.  Later that afternoon after it had dried up, we all headed to the west coast for a brief amble around Tobar Fuar beach, where there were lots of mysterious slate cairns on some of the rocky outcrops on the shore.  We returned to our accommodation and shortly before dusk, I nipped back up to the monument to admire the sunset and the views across to Jura and Islay.

Kiloran Bay & Carnan Eoin

Distance: 4km; Ascent: 140m; with Lynsey & Isabel

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We had a restful morning in and around our accommodation including a wander down to Scalasaig to investigate the brewery, shop & post office, which is pretty much all there is in the village. After Isabel had had a good nap we headed out walking for the second half of the afternoon.

We set off walking along the beach at Kiloran Bay at 4pm with Isabel in the rucksack carrier. It was sunny and the views across the beach were good to the hills beyond. At the far end of the beach we met a vehicle track, which we followed as it ascended gradually. By now the sky had started to cloud over, but it was only a short walk up a small path through heather to reach the summit of of Carnan Eoin (HuMP), which we reached shortly before 5pm.

The views from the summit were good but it was very windy and it looked like rain was on the way so we didn't linger. After descending back to the vehicle track, we followed it behind the beach to reach the car shortly before 6pm, just as it started to rain.