In reply to The Watch of Barrisdale:
"this is the current position. No vehicles beyond Poolewe. You can bike as far as the end of the woods past Kernsary but are asked not to take bikes on footpath beyond this. It's an excellent path the whole way to the causeway at the Dubh Loch/Fionn Loch."
I still maintain that there should be no reason not to cycle in as far as you can on a decent hardcore path. Mountain bikes do no more damage than walking in my opinion, and substantially less than the estate ponies/horses.
Kinda reminds me of the time was stopped when cycling along the land rover track towards Derry Lodge in Cairngorms, when ranger in land rover pulled over & had discussion along the lines of "we're trying to discourage the use of bikes and encourage the long walk approach". Needless to say, I didn't pay much heed - he didn't seem to appreciate the hypocrisy and ridiculousness of the situation. People have been using bikes to cycle into the hills and cliffs for years, right from the earliest days of exploration around the turn of the last century. There's not all that many places where a bike is a real advantage to get into the big mountain cliffs, but for the likes of the Southern & Eastern Cairngorms, Binnein Shuas, Foinaven, Creag Dubh Dibidale, and of course Carnmore, it makes perfect sense.
