CONTENTS
Overview map
Map Key
Introduction
When to go
Getting there
Ferries and flights
Maps, route finding and access
Safety and emergencies
What to take
Using this guide
Rum
Walk 1 A round of the Rum Cuillin
Walk 2 The Dibidil Horseshoe
Walk 3 Around the coast of Rum
Walk 4 Kinloch to Guirdil
Walk 5 The Guirdil Horseshoe
Walk 6 Around Rum’s western hills
Walk 7 Kinloch to Kilmory Bay or Harris
Eigg
Walk 8 An Sgùrr and Grulin
Walk 9 Around the coast and cliffs of north Eigg
Canna
Walk 10 Around the coast of Canna
Walk 11 Around Sanday
Muck
Walk 12 Around the coast of Muck
Coll
Walk 13 Coll’s western tip
Walk 14 Ben Hogh and the Breachacha castles
Tiree
Walk 15 Tiree’s east coast
Walk 16 Tiree’s west coast and three highest points
Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Accommodation
Appendix C Further reading
It is essential that you have the appropriate maps for the walks described in this guidebook. There are few waymarks, signposts or paths of any kind, making accurate route finding all the more important. A degree of navigational proficiency is indispensable.
This guide incorporates Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 mapping with highlighted routes. These should be used in conjunction with OS Explorer 1:25,000 maps because of their greater topographic detail. Do not rely solely on the maps in this guidebook as it is essential that you are able to ascertain your position in the wider context, should you need to abandon your walk and make for the nearest road or habitation. The walks described in this guidebook are covered by the following Ordnance Survey maps:
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OS Explorer 1:25,000 sheet 397 Rum, Eigg, Muck, Canna and Sanday
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OS Explorer 1:25,000 sheet 372 Coll and Tiree
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OS Landranger 1:50,000 sheet 39 Rum, Eigg, Muck and Canna
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OS Landranger 1:50,000 sheet 46 Coll and Tiree
A compass is indispensable and a ‘wristwatch’ altimeter is also very useful for navigation, especially on the hills of Rum. It’s not quite so easy to get lost when walking along the island coastlines, but it is important that you know exactly where you are, especially in poor weather/visibility and if for any reason you need to head inland from the coast.