The way points of this bicycle route:
Debbie's Cafe near the distillery
LEFT ahead onto B8018
LEFT on right hand bend
Right for Ballinaby & Standing Stones (not left to Kilchoman)
RIGHT heading for Grulinmore
LEFT ahead onto B8017 heading for Gruinart
LEFT onto A847 for Blackrock and Bridgend
Now south on A846 then left heading for Cluanach.
Right ahead - possibly against riders on return leg!
Right northbound
LEFT heading south to Port Ellen
Old Kiln Cafe - Halfway
Head north on A846, then B8016 then right at junction, retracing your outward journey to Cluanach. Here it's fresh road as you continue on to Ballygrant
LEFT onto A846 to Bridgend, then west on the A847 heading for Debbie's cafe in Bruichladdich - for the final leg.
RIGHT to Kilchiaran on a westerly loop to Portnahaven, returning on the A847 to the finish.
Now south to Portnahaven.
Now the homeward leg along the A867 to Debbie's Cafe.
Debbie's Cafe
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
A MEDIUM ride, on what is a compact and beautiful Hebridian stunner on the first Sunday of August. GEARS: 39x25 or compact - several steep, but short (300m, 10%+) power climbs; INFO: www.thewashingmachinepost.net.
On the day there are several 'Bail-Out' points and, you will pass 5 of Islay's 8 distilleries amongst some of the finest scenery Islay, indeed Scotland, has to offer.
Tagged with: Training, Onroad, Smooth, Intermediate, Low traffic, Safe, Rural, Scenic
