There are no roads to Smirisary, so you will have to park at the end of the minor yellow road from Glenuig and walk. It is, however, a lovely short walk to the isolated village of Smirisary which was deserted until recent times. The author, Margaret Leigh lived in one of the white-painted croft houses in Smirisary and in her book, The Spade Among the Rushes, recalls the trials and tribulations, as well as the enchantment, of a crofting lifestyle during the Second World War.
From the village you can follow a well defined, though rather muddy, path southwards along the…
