115. The Green

Facing directly due North as I navigate around the island of Tiree I get to one of the most impressive beaches I’ve visited in this project. Invisible from the coast road which runs about a mile parallel to the beach, with very little parking options and with no signposting, it’s easy to miss this one. But that would be a travesty for any visitor because this amazing beach, Tràigh Chornaig (known locally as The Green) is very special. I walk from the road up a private track leading to a few houses and with cattle on either side of me (the young calves are wandering under the electric wire to annoy their parents). At the top of the road I duck under the wire to head across the fields to an incredible wide and deep beach with rolling waves, white sand and high dunes. It ticks all the boxes. I climb down onto the sand and wander along the shore before climbing the dunes to return via the field. I so love this beach.