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WALK 1.2

Point of Sleat

Start/Finish Road end, near Aird old church (NG589007) Distance 8km (5 miles) Total ascent 340m (1115ft), spread over many undulations Map OS Explorer 412

This expedition to the southernmost tip of Skye is unlikely to need more than a few hours away from home, but crams many delights into that brief timespan, especially if you go there in spring and early summer when the fields are ablaze with colour and the air loud with bird-song.

The approach is along the road from Ardvasar to the Aird of Sleat, where parking is very limited and needs to be accomplished with consideration for others.

Beyond a gate follow a cart track ascending gently over heather-clad moorland, with Rhum at one point suddenly putting in an appearance and a moment’s pause providing a fine retrospective view. Descend and keep on along the track that follows, descending to crossing bridges over the burn that flows from Loch Aruisg, and continuing to a gate giving into a large enclosed area.

Just before the gate, however, take to a signed path on the left (Point of Sleat and Sandy Bay) that climbs briefly and then runs alongside a fenceline that marks the upper boundary of Acairseid an Rubha.