• From the Network Centre, cross the B842 and turn left for about 30 yards, then bear right at a junction with a Kintyre Way information board towards a caravan park. Follow the path signposted for Sally’s Walk. Cross a footbridge then right, still on the path, to the B842. Go left, over the bridge, and left again towards Waterfoot. A Kintyre Way information board is at the junction warning about Carradale Bay tide times. Part of the route ahead is impassable at high tide.
• Continue along a minor road towards Waterfoot. Follow the road, then along a vehicle track that overlooks Carradale Bay. You then cross shingle at the end of the track to reach the tidal grassland. Carry on along the rocky shore that leads to a small cove. Cross the burn, then turn inland. Go up to the edge of a grassy bank. Keep to the left as far as the gully, then right and walk up the field to a stile over the fence.
• High Tide Alternative – From the road bridge, continue along the B842 with care. It leads up and around a sharp bend and on for over half a mile to rejoin the main route at a Kintyre Way information board and blue marker post. Cross the road and continue down, past some houses, across a small burn. About 500 yards from the marker post, turn right between the gate posts with a white cottage on the right into the grounds of Torrisdale Castle.
• You then come to a Torrisdale Estate sign welcoming walkers to the next 1.5 miles along the ‘Gintyre Way’, a reference to the Beinn an Tuirc distillery ahead. Follow the signposted track through the grounds of the castle. Turn right towards Lephincorrach at a signposted junction and go left. Walk through the farm and past the distillery, turn right at the intersection, then go through a small gate. You gain height steadily, round a right-hand bend, continue up, passing a Kintyre Way distance marker indicating that you’ve reached the halfway mark at 50 miles.
• Bear left just short of the forest and go along the track below the woods at a Y-junction. Then, follow the path between the stream and the woods beside a weir. A sign says, ‘Thank you for walking the Gintyre Way’. Within 100 yards, cross a footbridge and follow the path up across moorland, the grade easing along the way. The path bends left, and you reach a forest road where you turn left.
• Around 800 yards, bear a sharp left at a forest track junction. After another 450 yards, turn right down a path through the forest and into the glen of Ifferdale burn. Near the end of the path, going can be very and cross a small burn. Go through a gate and cross the field ahead to exit it by another gate. You can turn right to continue on the Kintyre Way or left for Saddell Abbey and Ifferdale farm and bunkhouse. Walk past Ifferdale Farm and follow the vehicle track east down Saddell Glen for 3 miles. At the B842, turn right for Saddell Abbey. To follow the signs to Saddell Village you can visit the abbey, or walk down through the Castle grounds to Saddell Bay, where you will see the Antony Gormley Grip statue.
• Turn right at the end of the field, pass Ifferdale Cottage and back into the forest. For the next 1.2 miles, follow the waymarked forest road, ignoring all turn-off; it heads south west, then swings east and finally south. Turn right to head west once you reach a Y-junction. Soon the road descends above Bordadubh Water; ignore the track to the right and continue down to another junction overlooked by the derelict Bord a Dubh cottage. The small grove of trees nearby is ‘Hughie’s Wood’, planted in memory of forester Hugh Macmillan (1927–1990), who was brought up in the cottage.
• Ignoring the path junction on your right, cross Strathduise water at the northern end of Loch Lussa and continue beside its western shore. The loch is famous for trout fishing. Further along, the Kintyre Way bears right at a junction near Gobagrennan Farm. The road rises then descends into a wide valley, leading south. It climbs steeply to a high point, past Caliburn quarry, where Machrihanish comes into view. The descent towards Campbeltown begins, and within 4km of the quarry, you reach the A83, cross to a roadside path and turn left. Continue past the B842 junction on the left, past the Co-op and cross the road ahead to the Aquilibrium. Go through a small park with a statue of Sir William Mackinnon. Cross the road at the bus terminus pass through the green space with a Kintyre Way information board. Cross the esplanade and continue to the Old Quay.