This guidebook describes 44 walks on the popular and accessible Isle of Arran. The routes are between 3 and 19 miles (5-31km) in length, ranging in difficulty from easy, waymarked forest trails to more arduous mountain walks, exposed ridge routes and scrambles. The book includes both linear and circular walks, and there are opportunities to link routes together and create longer walks across the length and breadth of the island. Also included is a summary of the 110km Arran Coastal Way. Highlights include Goatfell, Beinn Nuis, Beinn Tarsuinn, the Sannox Horseshoe, Glen Rosa, the Cock of Arran and nearby Holy Isle. All the routes are clearly described and illustrated with OS 1:50,000 mapping, with extra notes revealing the archaeology, history and natural wonders of the island. The guide includes background information on travel to Arran, public transport, and a Gaelic/English glossary. There's something here to suit walkers of all fitness levels and abilities. Often described as 'Scotland in miniature', Arran boasts a rich variety of landscapes, with mountains, coast, moorland and forest, and the walks have been chosen to showcase this diversity. For an island, travel to and from Arran is remarkably easy: it is not far from Glasgow, from where onward connections are swift and frequent.
Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and guidebook writer, with 100 guidebooks to his name and contributions to 40 other titles. He has written for several outdoor magazines and has appeared on radio and television. Paddy uses a tablet computer to write as he walks. His descriptions are therefore precise, having been written at the very point at which the reader uses them. Paddy has walked in every county in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales and extensively in Europe and further afield. He enjoys both simple day walks and challenging long-distance walks and is a dedicated island-hopper.
Contents Overview map Map key Introduction Getting to the Isle of Arran Getting around the Isle of Arran Familiarisation with the Isle of Arran A geology classroom A turbulent history Land ownership and access Island animals Island plants Accommodation on the Isle of Arran Food and drink on the Isle of Arran The maps The walks Tourist information Emergency services on the Isle of Arran The walks Walk 1 Goatfell and Brodick Walk 2 Brodick Castle and Country Park Walk 3 Brodick and the Clauchland Hills Walk 4 Sithein and Glen Cloy Walk 5 Lamlash and the Clauchland Hills Walk 6 Sithein and The Ross Walk 7 Lamlash to Brodick Walk 8 Holy Isle from Lamlash Walk 9 Tighvein and Monamore Glen Walk 10 Glenashdale and Urie Loch Walk 11 Glenashdale Falls and Giants' Graves Walk 12 Lamlash and Kingscross Walk 13 Eas Mor and Loch Garbad Walk 14 Lagg to Kildonan coastal walk Walk 15 Kilmory forest circuit Walk 16 Sliddery and Cnocan Donn Walk 17 Tighvein and Glenscorrodale Walk 18 The Ross and Cnoc a' Chapuill Walk 19 Shiskine and Clauchan Glen Walk 20 Balmichael and Ard Bheinn Walk 21 The String and Beinn Bhreac Walk 22 Blackwaterfoot and King's Cave Walk 23 Machrie Moor Stone Circles Walk 24 Dougarie and Beinn Nuis Walk 25 Dougarie and Sail Chalmadale Walk 26 Circuit of Glen Iorsa Walk 27 Imachar and Mullach Buidhe Walk 28 Pirnmill and Mullach Buidhe Walk 29 Coire-Fhionn Lochan Walk 30 Catacol and Meall nan Damh Walk 31 Catacol and Beinn Bhreac Walk 32 Catacol and Beinn Tarsuinn Walk 33 Lochranza and Meall Mor Walk 34 Gleann Easan Biorach Walk 35 Lochranza and the Cock of Arran Walk 36 Lochranza and Sail an Im Walk 37 Sannox and Fionn Bhealach Walk 38 North Glen Sannox Horseshoe Walk 39 Glen Sannox Horseshoe Walk 40 Glen Sannox to Glen Rosa Walk 41 Corrie and Goatfell Walk 42 Glen Rosa and Beinn Tarsuinn Walk 43 Western Glen Rosa Walk 44 Eastern Glen Rosa Appendix A Route summary table Appendix B Arran Coastal Way Appendix B Useful contacts Appendix C Gaelic/English glossary
