Not a place to be when there is any wind north of west, but pleasant enough otherwise on passage through the Sound of Jura. There is a Land Rover track just above the shore which connects Tayvallich with Crinan. It does not make a particularly inspiring walk, largely because the views are mostly obstructed by trees, at least within half-a-mile or so either way from the anchorage. No longer can you go ashore, like Capt. Harvey in the 1930s, to "the crofters to get fresh milk and eggs" (Sailing Orders. Practical instruction to yachtsman, illustrated by the author's cruises on the West Coast of Scotland, Capt J R Harvey, Alexander Maclehose, London, 1935). There is a wooden walkway leading through the trees to cup and ring markings, to the north, maybe in a mile or so.
