Roseneath peninsula run loop

So this was one of those routes that we had on our plan to do, but we wanted to do it in the right weather conditions. Boy did we land good.

We started this route on the small car park off the Barbour Road just before Kilgreggan. An alternative would be to start the loop from the larger car park on the Peaton Road for the conservation reserve. Most of the climb on the route is within the first and straight away the scenery is stunning with great views across the Firth of Clyde. Remember to have the odd look back when doing this run.

After the initial views you are in the tree line for a while with a steady incline. We were starting to worry that it was going to be one of those routes where all you see is trees, but it soon opened up and stayed that way for most of the run. We took the first detour at to take in the views from Clach MacKenny and this is something well worth doing. We also took the short path to reach the top of Airlig and take in the views there. Both these are described in the directions section of the page.

At the conservation reserve you do have a short section of just over on the Peaton Road. This is a steep downhill but be very careful on this section as you are likely to see cars. On our last outing, a Friday morning, we were passed by only one car. You take the Barbour Road on the left on the way down and follow this single track road all the way back to the car park. The views from the road are stunning at times and there are one or two houses on this section that could make you very jealous. Very few cars on this road, but again be careful.

The Barbour Road is a classic undulating one and at times we were feeling it bad on the legs which were still in marathon recovery. The Barbour Road takes you along the top of the village of Kilcreggan before reaching the car park at the start. The Kilgreggan Cafe is well worth a visit for some good value food.

Hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.