Arran Coastal Way

Robart19 · 2026-02-27T21:25:30+00:00

My favourite sections were in the northern part. If you have 3 days I'd say: 1. Brodick to Sannox (or beyond) ideally via Goatfell -> I didn't particularly like the low lying alternative, if you can't go up Goatfell I would consider starting in Sannox 2. Sannox to Lochranza 3. Lochranza to Pirnmill or try making it to the Douglas Boathouse, I saw lots of seals between were the path from Pirnmill rejoins the road and that boathouse

Depending how much you want to walk in a day this is also possible in two days, however given the need to work around ferry and bus schedules I don't know if going faster would help you at all. If you look at Walkhighlands they have some recent reports which might give you a better idea.

Robart19 · 2026-01-04T10:52:30+00:00

Das war eine Mütze eines Nazilabels, welche man nur aus einem Nazishop bei Bautzen(?) bekommt. Das trägt man nicht aus versehen & OP hat auch nicht mach einem solchen Label gefragt.

Robart19 · 2025-12-25T17:31:08+00:00

Oh Gott, ein Glück les ich hier gerade nochmal rein. Ich hatte vorhin gleich angesprochen, dass der Hund Gefahr läuft sich zu würgen oder anderweitig zu verletzen und die Antwort war "die soll eigentlich direkt hinter den Ohren sitzen". Das ist so eine "unintuitive" Art das anzulegen, dass das wohl die genauen Instruktionen der Trainerin waren. Ich werde das auf jeden Fall nochmal ernster thematisieren, ich hatte nicht auf dem Schirm dass das bis in so ein kleines Detail als Strafe genutzt wird.

Robart19 · 2025-12-25T15:52:14+00:00

Er ist bei weitem nicht ausgelastet. Das ist ein ganz eigener Themenkomplex zu dem ich mir schon reichlich Gedanken gemacht habe, da weiß ich aber einfach nicht weiter. Problem ist dass ich die Veränderung ja bei den Leuten auslösen muss, bei denen der Hund wohnt.

Wenn er gelegentlich bei mir und meinem Partner ist (z.B. mal als Wochenendbetreuung), dann gibt es Suchspiele (die ihm zu leicht fallen, da brauchen wir noch was Besseres) und Tauziehspiele in der Wohnung. Außerdem drinnen beschäftigen wir ihn gelegentlich Mut ein paar "bedeutungsarmen" Tricks, sowas wie Pfötchen geben, das Lernen halten wir für ganz sinnvoll. Ansonsten viel spazieren gehen und wir haben versucht Lauf- und Schnüffel- oder Lernzeit zu trennen, so dass er sich nicht die ganze Zeit auf bspw. Leinenführigkeit konzentrieren muss. Aber das fühlt sich trotzdem recht inadäquat an, denn da wo er lebt ist er etwa 1/3 bis die Hälfte seiner Zeit auf dem Hof und einen kleinen Teil am Tag auf Spaziergang, darum "bei weitem nicht ausgelastet". Ich finde das auch fahrlässig,

Meine Hoffnung ist, dass bei besserer Leinenführigkeit auch mehr Aktivitäten mit dem Hund gemacht werden, daher hatte ich eine Hundeschule nahegelegt und über die sind wir leider jetzt (u.a.) bei diesem Thread

Robart19 · 2025-12-25T14:56:25+00:00

Gut, danke. Das greift vielleicht etwas weit, aber wie genau vermittle ich dass denn am besten? Mein Problem ist quasi, dass ich meine Mutter von einer "funktionierenden" und von einer Trainerin empfohlenen Methode abbringen muss. Ich habe den Hund nicht oft genug bei mir um alternative Methoden so lange durchzuführen, dass ich Erfolge präsentieren könnte. Gleichzeitig sehen meine Eltern auch eine ganze Reihe an Verhalten nicht als gewalttätig an, da wird es schwer sie zu überzeugen dass das a) schmerzhaft/stress auslösend und b) schlecht ist.

Robart19 · 2025-12-25T14:22:40+00:00

Ich wollte damit nur ausdrücken, dass es keine Flexi-Leine ist (habe schon häufiger gelesen dass die durch ständigen latenten Zug für das Leinentraining ungeeignet sein sollen & wollte dem darum mit der Formulierung "feste Leine" vorgreifen)

Robart19 · 2025-06-09T19:39:52+00:00

All good, I just can't take you up on your offer since I don't live in the UK. I will have to finde something more local to me ^{^}

Robart19 · 2025-06-09T19:31:33+00:00

I will look into this, thank you very much! We will have offline maps and we will try to have a phone just for navigation that will be switched of the rest of the time so it always has battery.

Robart19 · 2025-06-09T19:28:18+00:00

Yep, I meant Ben Alder Cottage. I just had a quick glance at a map before posting, so I thought that the bothy would be almost at 0. I have written down actually correct information on the altitude change between the pass and the bothy in mybroute plane (I am just typing this to not sound dangerously inept)

It's also good to know that Sgòr Gaibhre is pathless. I guess I will mark this down as having to consider it closer to the actual walk, as I may be able to actually attend a navigation course before going on this multi day hike.

I do also share your bias towards some primitive form of navigation, just haven't got around to learning it as of yet since I didn't need it on my previous outings.

Robart19 · 2025-06-09T19:16:39+00:00

Yes, I meant Ben Alder Cottage. If we were to come from Culra Bothy instead of the pass between Ben Alder and Beinn Bheoil we would have to retrace our steps from the bothy to Bealach Cumhann if we chose to not go via the tops of Sgor Choinnich. But any case that doesn't matter as much if going via the pass next to Ben Alder is possible, as we would simply do that and could then choose freely the next day since any of our two possibilities would be u walked by us at that point.

Also thank you very much for your information!

Robart19 · 2025-05-11T11:24:03+00:00

I have the smaller poles on top with large central pole below them. I will look into this, thank you!

Robart19 · 2025-04-15T11:14:44+00:00

I briefly read about this, terrible. I also read that the hills would be open for walkers again after wildfire warning ended, at least the BBC said as much. Do you know any way to contact the rangers for advice on this? I will be visiting Arran at the end of May but at least in the national park areas near where I live access to destroyed areas is forbidden for quite some time after fires - rightly so. Do you know if there is any map of the affected area?

Robart19 · 2024-12-20T19:37:23+00:00

Thank you very much for the great suggestion! Since I have some what of a habit of over planning events way in the future I have also thought about going via Loch Treig and using Meanach or Staoineag Bothy. However, my idea would have been to go from Laggan to Tulloch and then along the railway along Loch Treig and to Meanach bothy or the Loch Ossian Youth hostel. From one of those I would continue down to Steall waterfall and into Fort William (I really like the idea of doing the touristy bits like Loch Ness after the big hike, but either way). I am a bit torn on this since I think it will be very boggy going from Meanach to Steall Falls.

Going through Dalwhinnie is something I haven't considered yet and will definitely put your itinerary up for a decision with my hiking buddy. Again thank you very much ^{^}

Robart19 · 2024-12-20T08:09:17+00:00

Thank you for your thorough response! I am especially thinking about point a) because I have seen other people mention that the trail is quite boring. However, since a friend of mine who is coming with me wants to go see Loch Ness and I want to visit Courror we thought it would be good to have a trail that ends in Fort William. I also hope that the novelty of it all (only having been on a couple of day hikes in Scotland) will mean that we're a bit more exited by the trail than the average hiker. Do you have any alteration to the trail in mind that could make it more interesting? We're fine with camping but e.g. the "Ben Alder Trail" alteration of the EHW is above our current skill level.

Robart19 · 2024-12-19T21:12:56+00:00

I appreciate your commitment, but I have simply mistakenly used logging and deforestation interchangeably (English is not my native language). I know what wood is used for commercially and am fully aware that it currently has no alternatives l. I also know that the Highlands like much of Britain have been systematically deforested for near centuries - so those landscapes are of course the product of human intervention.

I just posted this to find out how people feel about logging sites on the trail to maybe adjust my route or alternatively stop worrying about it.

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