The Birlinn Way
....takes its name from the West Highland galley which sailed in these waters for 800 years and is also a play on the Scots word birl meaning to spin or revolve like the wheels of a bike. Castle Stalker was once exchanged for a birlinn and there is a drawing of a birlinn on an Appin rockface.
The Longshore Path or Longshore Trail
....depicts a route found along or moving along the shore and a long path or trail along the shore.
The Shoreline Trail depicts a route along the line of the shore.
The West Coast Trail
....describes what it is, like the West Highland Way
The Atlantic Way or Atlantic Trail
.....depicts a wider geographical connection with Scotland’s west coast and is an evocative name.
The Lorn(e) to Linnhe Trail
.....describes more specifically its route from the Firth of Lorn(e) to Loch Linnhe.
The Coastal Trail or Coastline Trail
.....describes the fact that the route goes along the coast.
Thanks again Norrie for this.
... And more from Norrie:
"I've been thinking about some text for the starting gates at both ends and come up with:
From the sands of Lorn
to the Nevis range
the journey begins!
(for the Ganavan or Oban end)
From the Nevis range
to the sands of Lorn
the journey begins!
(for the Fort William end)
If it was felt that something else was needed to take us as far as Ballachulish until the Fort William end came on stream later it could be:
From the sands of Lorn
to the mighty Beinns
the journey begins!
(Oban end)
and
From the mighty Beinns
to the sands of Lorn
the journey begins!
(Ballachulish end)" Thanks Norrie.
Comments from Sustrans:
The Dalriada Trail or the entire text in Gaelic - Rathad Dalriada/Rathad Dal Riata (at a guess the Dalriada Road)
The entire area and the lower part of Route 78 as far as Greenock was once part of Dalriada with Dunnad near Kilmartin the seat of power. I am sure you know this as well. This name also gives the option of extending the route name in a way to Northern Ireland as a part of Dalriada and enclosing the lower part of route 78.
GREAT IDEA - In effect you could have a new pocket mountain guide like we have already for NCN1/NCN7 for the Dalriada Trails of Ireland and Scotland.
Dal Riata is the birthplace of the Gaelic Language so it is fitting thata Gaelic name is used
Atlantic Trail - Rathad Mara (I don't know exactly how this should set out)
Cenel Loairne
This is the region of Dalriada that the trail runs through
Lorn - Linnhe - in gaeilicised version
Fionn mac Cumhaill Rathad (?) (Finn McCool Trail )
Staffa - the stone thrown by Fin McCool from Lough Neagh in Ireland sits within Dalriada
The route links to Oban and the ferry point to Mull and Staffa
The Giants Trail way of the giants
Columbas Trail/Way of the Saints in Gaelic Rathad Columcille (?)St.Columbas home on Iona falls within this region
The Appin Trail After the Appin Murder
Robert Louise Stevenson Trail Appin Murder, flight from Mull across the region etc
Kidnapped Trail etc
The poets way /The Bards way/Rathad BardIain Crichton Smith/Sorley Maclean etc all spent time in the area aswriters/poets
MacAlpine Trail/Trail of the Kings/Rathad Righ
After the first unified King of the Scots - Kenneth MacAlpine
Rathad or road has to be used with care as it refers to roads. I guess there were not that many roads more like seaways historically in Dalriada.
... thanks Paul
