The Bridge over the Atlantic – An Evening Pint on Seil
A few hours.
The route
Clachan Bridge, the old stone arch everyone calls the Bridge over the Atlantic, carries the road onto the Isle of Seil, and the well-known white inn at its far end has a story to its name.
Walk up onto the arch as the light goes, then settle into Tigh an Truish's cosy old bar for a pint and supper.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
Book a table at Tigh an Truish online or on 01852 300242 for 5.30pm, Thursday to Saturday: from October to January supper is served in the bar from 5.30pm to 7.30pm, it may close earlier on a quiet night, and the inn is shut from Monday to Wednesday.
The day
Seil
The end of the day on the edge of Seil. Stand on the old bridge while the light fades over the sound, then step into the inn beside it for a pint at the bar and supper.
About two hours
Clachan Bridge
An attraction
Clachan Bridge, on the B844 onto Seil, is the hump-backed stone arch built in 1792 and 1793 that everyone calls the Bridge over the Atlantic. Park at Tigh an Truish, the white inn at the island end of the bridge, whose car park is for its customers. Walk up onto the arch for the view along the narrow sound, and be there before dark: from late October the sun sets before 5pm, and before 4pm in December. The bridge is one lane wide, you can't see what's coming over the top, and the footway almost disappears there, so keep to the side, keep children close and let the cars by.
Tigh an Truish, Seil
A drink
Then it's back to Tigh an Truish, whose name is Gaelic for the house of the trousers. The story goes that islanders swapped their kilts for trousers here after Highland dress was banned in the wake of the 1745 Rising. The bar is cosy and old-fashioned, open from 3pm on Thursdays and from noon on Fridays and Saturdays, and shut from Monday to Wednesday. From October to January supper is served in the bar, Thursday to Saturday, 5.30pm to 7.30pm: book on 01852 300242. Whoever drives keeps to soft drinks, or books a room.
If it rains
In rain, look at the bridge from the inn's door and keep the evening for the bar: there's nothing to gain on a wet, narrow arch with cars coming over.
Tigh an Truish, Seil, a restaurant in Clachan-Seil.