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What's your favourite beach in Scotland?
VisitScotlandAmanda
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This weekend I took a little trip from Edinburgh (only 35 mins on the train!) to Burntisland and had the most incredible time! Not only was the weather amazing (17 degrees but felt like more) but the scenery was so picturesque as well. The water was so crystal clear and it was such a lovely and peaceful place.
What beach in Scotland should I visit next? Do you have a favourite coastal location? Show me your pics!
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Ahh, Scotland's beaches. I've only seen a few that I loved, my exploring started a little later in life!
It was about ten years ago when I visited Sanna Bay at Ardamuchan in October. I'd never seen such beautiful white sands before.
Sanna Bay, Ardnamurchan
Sanna Bay, Ardnamurchan
Then I met Camusdarach Beach in Arisaig! Stunning sunsets here and my children loved playing on the beach until late at night.
Camusdarach Beach, Arisaig
Camusdarach Beach, Arisaig
Just up the road from Camusdarach Beach is the beautiful white sands of Morar.
Morar Beach
We have tropical beaches! When the sun plays nice
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Luskentyre
Arisaig
Gullane
P.S. : Reaching my 2 favourite beaches by public transport was a mini-nightmare but boy were the views worth it
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My absolute favourite is Balnakeil by Durness. It's paradise.
I also love Dunnet Bay in Caithness and Melvich Bay in Sutherland. The power of the sea and remote locations make for an out of this World visit.
Closer to home Seacliff and Ravensheugh in East Lothian are stunning.
Uig on Lewis, Calgary Bay on Mull, the wee coves of Gigha - Ok I'll shut up now! I do love a Scottish beach.
Ok I lied I'm not done. The stunning beach by Churchill Bartier 3 on Orkney is another favourite.
For sheer stunning beauty it has to be Luskentyre on a sunny day. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
Clachtoll
Elie
Lower Largo
West Sands, St Andrews
Ruby Bay, Elie
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Stoer Bay
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Beautiful sunny Sunday morning, ice cream was out, lots of families out on the beach, kids making sandcastles I would want to live in and the sea looking like an aquamarine gem stone.My friends and I decided to take a leisurely stroll up the coast towards the headland towards Daisy Island looking out on the infamous Bass Rock (home to the largest colony of sea gannets).
Bursts of uncontrolled laughter and giggling, feeling the sun burning our faces, it was turning out to be a very pleasant walk among the rock pools and grassy verges. I would recommend wearing a good pair of walking boots or sandals if you have them as walking in New Look fashion boots was my wrong doing!
We got to Daisy Island, walking across a slim strip of beach and then walking up onto the grassy verges. Turning around, we were all greeted with this.
As you can see, stunning!
I cannot stress this enough, KEEP AN EYE ON THE TIDES! If you don't, you will get stranded and will need to call out the RNLI for help. Luckily in this case, my friends didn't have to because we managed to cross over in time through the icy water, and getting jeans drenched in seawater and seaweed...
Apart from THAT, it's worth crossing over for 5 mins at most to get a nice collection of pickies.
My advice, don't do what me and my friends and not monitor the tides. We were there for an hour so any longer, we would become stranded and end up like Tom Hanks in Cast Away making friends with coconuts.
In summary, this stretch of coastline is definitely worth an explore, despite how I've sold it.
North Berwick tidetable: https://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/North-Berwick/tides/latest
Cramond Island tidetable: http://www.queensferrylifeboat.co.uk/safe-crossing-times
Seacliff and Tyninghame are my favourites (http://www.lovefromscotland.co.uk/Tyninghame-Beach-East-Lothian)
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The first one is Dunnet Beach, just few metres far from the village, and then the stunning Peedie Sands, really a Scottish hidden gem located behind Dwarwick Pier.
I'm also a big fan of the bays of North and South Wick on Papa Westray.
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The first one is Clachtoll. Even on a stormy day it can be quite stunning. If you then venture as far as Split point the views are beautiful.
The second one is from the Isle of Coll - Gallanach.
I was very lucky as the sun came out when I got there (I was there during the weekend of storm Ophelia). I got off the ferry and wandered off for a walk. This is about an hour walk from the village of Arinagour. Beautiful walk along machair... It's about 3 miles...which is Coll's width.
My favourite beach on mainland Scotland would probably be Oldshoremore and its little island. Beautiful both when it's sunny and stormy !
Other than that the Outer Hebrides have a great collection of fantastic beaches, including Luskentyre.
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The sea used to reach a couple of miles in land, but as the Centuries have went on the coastline has moved further out and the forest has been created.
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