The Isle of Mull

Mull, Ulva, Gometra, Iona and Erraid

By Terry Marsh

ISBN

9781852849610

Availability

Published

6 Nov 2017

Reprinted

21 Sept 2021

Edition

Second

Pages

208

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.20cm

Weight

240g

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Guidebook describing over 40 walking routes on Scotland's beautiful Isle of Mull, as well as neighbouring Ulva, Gometra, Iona and Erraid. Walks range from 2 to 16 miles and from short circuits to demanding mountain traverses, but without technical difficulties. The Isle of Mull is wild, rugged and great for wildlife spotting.

Seasons

walking possible throughout the year, although the winter months call for winter mountaineering skills and equipment on the higher mountains

Centres

Tobermory; smaller settlements at Dervaig, Salen, the ferryport Craignure, Bunessan and Ffionphort, the ferry point for Iona; accommodation plentiful, but camp sites and budget hostels few and far between

Difficulty

few technical difficulties; walks cross rough, trackless terrain requiring walkers to be properly equipped and able to use map and compass

Must See

Mull's only Munro, Ben More, and a fine cast of lower heights; great glens for linear walks as good as anything on mainland Scotland; spectacular coastline; wildlife

ISBN

9781852849610

Availability

Published

6 Nov 2017

Reprinted

21 Sept 2021

Edition

Second

Pages

208

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.20cm

Weight

240g

Overview

This is a comprehensive guide to walking on Scotland's Isle of Mull and the neighbouring islands of Ulva, Gometra, Iona and Erraid, providing 47 routes ranging between 3 and 14 miles. Offering routes for walkers of all abilities, the guide features a mix of long and short circuits alongside more demanding mountain traverses. Although challenging, these traverses involve few technical difficulties and are hugely rewarding for properly equipped and experienced walkers. Suitable for year-round walking, most visitors will stay in the main settlement of Tobermory, but Dervaig, Salen, Craignure and Bunessan also offer services and accommodation options.

For each of the 47 routes, the guide includes OS mapping, detailed route description and insights into local points of interest. The introduction and appendices offer information about accommodation and services available across the island, as well as ferry routes. Easily accessible from Oban on the west coast of Scotland, the Isle of Mull will appeal to walkers seeking secluded routes with inspiring views around every corner.

Boasting wild, rugged scenery and a spectacular coastline, Mull offers outstanding opportunities to observe wildlife including golden and sea eagles, otters, deer, dolphins and harbour porpoise. The islands are endlessly fascinating for geologists due to their volcanic and glaciated past, resulting in rock formations found nowhere else in the world.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Map key

Overview map

Preface

Introduction

History

Geology

Plants and wildlife

When to go

How to get there

Getting around

Accommodation

Communications

Using this guide

Access in Scotland

Stalking

Safety

Maps

Paths

1 North Mull

Introduction

1.1 Tobermory and Aros Park

1.2 Rubha nan Gall

1.3 Ardmore

1.4 Glengorm Castle and Dùn Ara

1.5 Glen Gorm East and Glengorm Castle

1.6 Quinish Point and Mingary Aird

1.7 Ardmore Forest Trails

1.8 ‘S Airde Beinn and Crater Loch

1.9 Calgary Bay and Caliach Point

1.10 Treshnish

1.11 Beinn na Drise and Beinn Bhuidhe

1.12 Loch Frisa

1.13 Speinne Mòr

1.14 Salen and Cnoc na Sróine Hill Fort

1.15 Mull Coast-to-Coast: Salen to Killiechronan

1.16 Glen Aros

2 Central Mull

Introduction

2.1 Garmony Point and Fishnish

2.2 Glen Forsa

2.3 Beinn nan Lus and Beinn Bhuidhe

2.4 Beinn Talaidh

2.5 Loch Ba

2.6 Glen More to Loch Ba

2.7 Corra-bheinn and Cruachan Dearg

2.8 Beinn nan Gabhar and Beinn Fhada

2.9 Ben More from Dhiseig

2.10 A’ Chioch and Ben More via Gleann na Beinne Fada

2.11 A’ Chioch and Ben More from Glen More

2.12 The Fossil Tree

2.13 Druim Mòr and Torosay

2.14 Dùn da Ghaoithe

2.15 Dùn da Ghaoithe Ridge

3 Ross of Mull

Introduction

3.1 Gualachaolish and Carn Ban

3.2 Glen More to Lochbuie

3.3 Lochbuie to Carsaig

3.4 Carsaig Arches

3.5 Ardalanish

3.6 Tireragan and Tràigh Gheal

3.7 Ardtun

4 The Islands

Introduction

Ulva and Gometra

4.1 Livingstone Croft Trail

4.2 Ormaig and Cragaig

4.3 Beinn Chreagach

4.4 Round Ulva

4.5 Gometra

Iona

4.6 Dun I

4.7 A northerly circuit

4.8 Port na Curaich

Erraid

4.9 Erraid

Appendix A Essential and supplementary reading

Appendix B Glossary of Gaelic words

Appendix C Useful information and contact details

Maps

Maps 1:50,000

All the walks in this book can be found on the following Ordnance Survey Landranger Sheets:

47 Tobermory and North Mull 48 Iona and West Mull 49 Oban and East Mull. 1:25,000

Of greater use to walkers on Mull are Ordnance Survey Explorer maps, and for the whole of Mull you will need the following sheets:

373 Iona, Staff and Ross of Mull 374 Isle of Mull North and Tobermory 375 Isle of Mull East: Craignure.

All OS maps are all available from www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk.

Updates

May 2022

Walk 4.4

Walk 4.4 around Ulva, beautiful as it is, is especially difficult in the section between Cragaig and Gometra bridge, and demanding of both time and energy. It should be contemplated only by the strongest walkers with plenty of time to complete the long trek from Gometra bridge back to the ferry. If in doubt, simply retrace your steps.

December 2021

2021 reprint route updates

961 Reprint 2021 (1.873 MB)

February 2021

Walk 2.14

On the last line of page 128 (walk 2.14) the grid reference should be NM 726 350

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Terry Marsh

Lancashire-born writer and photographer Dr Terry Marsh specialises in the outdoors and travel. He is the author or revision author/editor of over 100 guidebooks, including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Coast to Coast Walk (first published in 1993), The Shropshire Way (1999) and Great Mountain Days in the Pennines (2013). Terry has a PhD in Historical Geography and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). He is a Life Member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.

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