31. Scoor Beach

Perhaps the beach with the biggest wow-factor on Mull is Scoor Beach (Traigh Bhan Na Sgurra). That’s probably because for most visitors, the first view of the beach is from high above the surrounding cliffs, which embrace the beach on three sides, enabling you to look directly down onto the dramatic cove, with its deep white sands and turquoise waters. First though, you have to get here. I follow a few miles of single track road via Loch Assapol south of Bunessan, and then it’s a slow 5mph crawl along a very untidy potholed track for a further mile or so to reach a small parking area at Kilvickeon cemetery. From here, it’s on foot past some self-catering cottages and a hike across the moors to the great unveiling! I could sit here on the cliff in awe all day, but I clamber down the path to the beach itself, which is small but deep. It goes without saying that once here, you don’t want to leave. I climb back up, returning my gaze down to the beach every other step. Back at the car park I turn left past the cemetery and onto the next beach.