A 4-day backpack of the Kintyre Way (KW) waymarked trail in Argyll, running through the peninsula from Southend in the south to Tarbert in the north.
This is the old variant of the Kintyre Way that included the 5.4miles (8.7km) B843/B842 road walk link from Campbeltown to Machrihanish. Many walkers sensibly avoided this, as I did, by taking a 17-minute journey on the local bus service.
The weather forecast was highly unusual: warm or hot sunny days for a week ahead in Scotland but often wet with thunderstorms farther south in England. I took the opportunity to pack my gear for this trail backpack at the last minute, despite some misgivings about the timescale including a bank holiday weekend.
Interesting and unusual route and always some stunning wild camp sites. I liked the lochans on your last day although it sounded it all went a bit soggy just after. Great stuff
Hello again Andy.
A trail backpack makes a good change occasionally from wild mountainous routes, a different regime and mindset. This one was ok, it had some really good parts like those lochans and the rugged section in the far south.