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Accommodation and Supplies

There are a few guest houses in the Callanish area on Lewis. Try Leumadair, tel 01851 621706, e-mail info@leumadair.co.uk. Further north at Galson is the superb Galson Farm Guest House, tel 01851 850492, www.galsonfarm.co.uk.

They also have a comfortable bunkhouse at Galson!

You can buy all the supplies you need in Stornoway, but there are no shops along the route.

Overnight Options

No option but to camp – but what a location to camp in! Pick a wild site somewhere on the Rubha Garbh peninsula at the mouth of Loch Tamnabhaigh.

Escape Routes

To the west lies the narrow, dead-end road running from Uig to Mealasta, while to the east the glen has a good Land-Rover track running north to Uig. (Note Following this Land-Rover track southwards just leads even further into the wilderness.)

Day 1

From the small lay-by walk back along the road to the track near the gravel pit. Turn right onto this track and follow it down to the crossing of Abhainn Stocaill. The track takes you around a big bend to the left, then back right as the views open up before you.