The Sonder Camino Ti gravel bike I bought in May is tempting me to ride new and unusual places.
In particular I've been seeking out routes new to me and possible, anyone.
I found such a route on Mull this weekend. Here is is on Komoot although read on before you rush off and ride it. It's a challenge.
The aim was to ride a loop of the lovely Loch Frisa. If time permitted I'd add a second loop onto of the first, taking in the trails of Glengorm and visiting the excellent cafe at the castle.
So was there a route along the south west side fo Loch Frisa? The maps did not agree.
Komoot - no track
Komoot and Open Street map showed no track at all. Yet the Ordnance Survey map showed a black dash track (which in Scotland could be anything from a wish to a road) meeting up with a forest track. There wouldn't be too much pushing along the black-dashes before the road would take over.
Ordnance Survey
Using the excellent Heritage Paths website, I found there had been a clear track all the way from the 1880s until the 1926 Bartholomew map.
Heritage Paths Website
So I gave it a go. It turned out to be a lot more challenging than I expected. My Garmin track doesn't really do this justice because it switches off when I push the bike. I'm travelling so slowly the auto-pause feature (now switched off) thought I was stopped. See what you think.
