91. Polin Beach

Tucked between the hamlets of Sheigra and Oldshoremore on the single track road west of Kinlochbervie is Polin, little more than a few holiday cottages but the gateway to another hidden gem of a beach.  A sign on a gate leading to the beach reads ‘Here there be Mermaids’ and I half-believe it when the spectacular beach comes into view. The bench just past the gate must be the most inspired piece of bench positioning in Scotland because the view is to die for. A couple and their daughter are the only ones on the beach when I arrive and I almost feel like apologising to them because this place is so quiet and secluded. It really feels like a private beach. I skirt round the family, walk the full perimeter, along the shore and climb up the hill from one side to the gate.  This is paradise.