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I think you should all come to this beach. It is absolutely wonderful and the colours and scenery very special

Here it is and here are the directions. Follow the highlighted yellow road on the left hand  side of the map up to the yellow blob at the very top of Scotland to a place called Faraid Head.

You won't be disappointed 

Follow a sandy path through the dunes

and down on to the beach

whichever way you look

the sand sea and sky fill the space

At times the camera couldn't find a focus point, I used the black dot on the sand (my husband) who was a handy fixed point - when he wasn't moving!

Breathtaking. There were black headed gulls and terns flying overhead and little birds that looked like swallows but without the long tail - we thought they might be sand martins. 

Although it was overcast the light was bright and the colour of the sea almost turquoise in places

The beach is flanked by enormous sand dunes

the highest in Scotland I read

At the start of the walk sits Balnakeil House and near it just through the car park by the gate 

this old ruined church. You can't miss it. I'm assuming you'll come by car, or coach, or bike, or even on foot  (it's a long walk) you will, in all probability, come through the car park and you'll see the church on the other side of the wall.

On our homeward journey from Faraid Head we followed the road round the shores of loch Eriboll before taking a sharp right hand turn and following the smallest of single tracks  overgrown with grass, to reach the second yellow blob on the map.

Dun Dornaigil Broch. A picture of how it was and how it is now. An iron age broch some 2000 years old. 

We came upon it by chance on the banks of the river Hope. I really recommend this detour home. A twisty winding track. I'm sure you'll love it too. We drove for miles and didn't meet a single car - which was just as well as passing places were very overgrown, but the scenery was beautiful. We saw deer, rabbits and pheasants and birds that were too quick for us to identify.

We got home late and had a well deserved cup of tea. A day full of sea and sky and staggeringly beautiful landscapes - as you'll see when you take the tour!