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Glen dockart scotch3/12/2023 Whiskey aus der Sicht eines Amerikaners - Clonakilty Single Grain Irish Whiskey Bordeaux Cask Finish Whisky Verkostung von WhiskyJasonĪn den rauen Klippen im Süden Irlands wurden die Fässer für den Clonakilty Bordeaux Finish Single Grain Whiskey gelagert. ].Ĭlonakilty Single Grain Irish Whiskey Bordeaux Cask Finish Whisky Verkostung #1093 von WhiskyJason Springbank may be visited by prior arrangement for approx £6.00 pp. Only three remain - Springbank, Glen Scotia and Glengoyle. Campbeltown has long been famous as a centre for whisky making and at one time has no fewer than 34 distilleries. There is a very good local history museum, with outstanding examples of Neolithic pottery, and also a Heritage Centre in an old church. It was moved to Campbeltown in 1609 when the town became a burgh and was used as a market cross. At the pier head is the lovely old Campbeltown Cross, originally erected in Kilkivan in about 1380. Campbeltown is the largest town in Kintyre, with a population of approx 6,000 and is accordingly well supplied with shops, accommodation and other facilities. It does have its scenic moments - particularly if you catch the sunset on Jura as we did from Clachan (the Part 2 vid).Ĭampbeltown retains its nickname of 'The Wee Toon' and the Memorial Garden at the Council building is a fine tribute to Linda McCartney. From the effort thats been put in the Way deserves to be a success and of course theres loads more to see on the peninsula as well. The waymaking is complete and the mileages on them is a clever touch. Theres been a lot of hard work done on upgrading the Way and it is noticeable. That said, we had a fantastic trip in Kintyre but would never consider walking over to Skipness again and you couldn't honestly even pay me to walk the Kintyre route from Carradale to Campbeltown again as it presently exists. When you walk through the cave and view the Falls of Acharn - that is dramatic. The West Highland Way is the most scenic walk in Scotland and the Rob Roy Way because of all its natural features (Falls of Dochart, the secretive Falls of Acharn and the famous Birks of Aberfeldy) is possibly the most dramatic. The Kintyre Way claims to be Scotland's newest (it is) and most scenic long distance walk (which is isn't ). One thing you do notice along the Way is the number of empty buildings when a walk like this is crying out for bothies and bunkhouses. Now that shouldn't be too difficult eh?Įssentially this was our last day on the Way for this trip and if you had to pick one day to get a good soaking then this unspectacular walk would most certainly be it. That should simply be left as an alternative route for this particular day and a proper hillwalking route established. Really boring actually and its certainly not hillwalking. Who want would want to walk along forestry roads then along a single track metal road used predominantly by farm vehicles the exact width of the road? Pretty poor to say the least. Out of 5-days walking on the Kintyre Way the stretch into Campbeltown from Carradale could do with a lot more thought I'm afraid. The A83 is followed for the final kilometre or so into Campbeltown, where the route runs down to the harbour. On Ballywilline Hill, east of the route, is a substantial hill fort. The main route continues south along an attractive minor road with numerous twists and turns as it wriggles through the undulating landscape. From the south end of the loch, another spur leads east to Peninver. A spur leads from the north end of the loch over to Bellochantuy, where accommodation is available. The loch was formed in the 1950s as part of a reservoir scheme. This part of the route is all on good tracks and is easy walking, You continue south along the west shore of the very scenic Lussa Loch, noted for its bird life and rainbow trout. After a steep, short brae, the main route leaves the road for a long forest section heading west for 8km to Lussa Loch. On Saddell Bay is Saddell Castle, a 16th century tower house now owned by The Landmark Trust, while just to the left and over the small bridge is a wonderful fine pebble beach, where the video of Paul McCartney's Mull of Kintyre was filmed. The route instructions are quoted thus:. Mind you, he was half-Norse! It was bleak when we arrived there on our Day 5 on the Kintyre Way. Here, in 1158, the body of Somerled (the only Scot and King of the Isles to defeat the Vikings at sea) was, by repute, laid to rest. The village of Saddell lies in the arm of its wood where time and indeed most of the traffic seem to pass it by. Unfortunately, the tide times clashed with our return flights home so we've left that and the remote continuation to Dunaverty for another time. This was our final day on the Kintyre Way and our intention was to end the walk on the tidal island of Davaar (at low tide the Dhorlin appears thereby connecting it to the peninsula).
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