LEJO'G 20 Oban to Fort William
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LEJO'G 20 Oban to Fort William

A cycling route starting in Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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About this route

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61km to Corran Ferry + 17km to Camusnagaul.

Last Ferry at 1635 (or +25km around lake). Weather and tide dependent.

10km shorter following A82 on east side (no ferries).

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Duration
81.1 km
Distance
788 m
Ascent
808 m
Descent
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Avg. speed
113 m
Avg. speed
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created this 3 years ago

Route quality

Waytypes & surfaces along the route

Waytypes

  • Cycleway

    40.1 km

    (49 %)

  • Busy road

    18 km

    (22 %)

  • Quiet road

    9.8 km

    (12 %)

Surfaces

Paved

62 km

(76 %)

Unpaved

0.2 km

(<1 %)

  • Asphalt

    49.7 km

    (61 %)

  • Paved (undefined)

    12.3 km

    (15 %)

  • Unpaved (undefined)

    0.2 km

    (<1 %)

Route highlights

Points of interest along the route

  1. Point of interest after 53.9 km

    Last Clansman Memorial On this rocky knoll above the loch an innocent man was hanged for a famous crime. Known as the Appin Murder, it intrigued Robert Louis Stevenson and inspired him to write Kidnapped. Known as Red Fox, Colin Campbell of Glenure had, following the defeat at Culloden, been appointed factor of the forfeited estates of the Appin Stewarts. On the morning of 14 May 1752, he had crossed the narrows at Ballachulish by ferry. With Campbell were a man servant, a sheriff officer, and an Edinburgh lawyer. When they reached the woods at Lettermore, a shot rang out. Hit in the back, perhaps through the heart, Campbell fell to the ground fatally wounded. Despite being able to convincingly show he had been nowhere near the woods that day, James Stewart's alibi was dismissed. On the 8th November 1752, on this knoll known as Cnoc Chaolais Mhic Phadraig, James Stewart was hung and his body left to hang there for eighteen months, a blunt warning against sedition and armed rebellion that no traveller across the narrows at Ballachulish would miss.

  2. Drinking water after 54.1 km

    Loch Leven Hotel

  3. Point of interest after 54.1 km

    F.W.Holroyd Art Gallery

  4. Point of interest after 60.9 km

    Corran to Ardgour Ferry 0630 - 0850 every 20 min 0915 - 2045 every 30 min * 10km shorter following A82 along east side - no ferries.

  5. Drinking water after 61.5 km

    Nomad Cafe closes 1500

  6. Drinking water after 61.6 km

    The Inn at Ardgour

  7. Drinking water after 62.6 km

    Ardgour Ales Brewery ref Miriam Margolyes

  8. Point of interest after 67.2 km

    Watercolour Music Recording studio ref Miriam Margolyes....

  9. Point of interest after 67.3 km

    Viewpoint

  10. Point of interest after 67.3 km

    Glenfinnan Viewpoint

  11. Point of interest after 67.3 km

    Glenfinnan Viaduct Train crosses 1045 &amp; 1500

  12. Point of interest after 78.5 km

    Camousnagaul Ferry 0815 1015 1230 1635 ₤3.30 no service Sundays weather and tides permitting

  13. Point of interest after 80.4 km

    Fort William Pier Promenade

  14. Point of interest after 80.6 km

    The Old Fort of Fort William

  15. Point of interest after 80.8 km

    West Coast Railways Jacobite Steam Train - Hogwarts Express Train Dep 1015 &amp; 1250 Arr 1603 &amp; 1852

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