Distance & Time 5km & 1hr-1hr30mins
HighPoint & Ascent 150m & 40m
Difficulty Easy
Terrain Forestry tracks, paths and woodland trails.
To Suit All levels of fitness
Min Gear Hiking boots, raingear, fluid, mobile phone.
A-B. Exit the car park and turn right – following the red arrows, walk for 100m till you reach a barrier – veer left here.
B-C. Follow the forestry track to reach a 3-way junction and go straight through following the purple arrows. Continue to follow the sandy roadway for 600m to reach a bend – watch out for the marker on your right which directs you right and onto a narrow woodland track. After 100m, you reach the shore of the upper lake – turn right.
C-D. Approximately 100m later, veer right at a Y-junction and follow the sandy path to a T-junction with a sandy roadway where you turn left
and cross to the other side of the lake. Stay on the lakeshore following the purple arrow. At the end of the lake watch for a marker post on the right which directs you onto a woodland track and ascend to reach a sandy roadway where you turn left.
D-E. After 50m reach a sharp left bend – you continue straight and join a woodland path which takes you by the ruins of Ardra Castle
and through a lengthy section of broadleaf woodland to exit a sandy roadway where you turn right. Stay on this roadway for 200m to reach a
crossroads – turn right here and travel a short distance to reach a picnic area where you turn left.
E-A. Stay on the forestry roadway for 400m to reach a 3-way junction and continue straight to reach the metal barrier – turn left and it’s only 100m back to the car park.
