126. Ardroil/Uig Sands

When the tide is out, as it is today, the sands of Uig Bay stretch for miles.  It feels like a vast desert, and it is truly magnificent to walk aimlessly, as I am doing, across the sands for what seems like hours. I am reminded of Eoligarry beach on Barra, or parts of the North Norfolk coast at low tide. I’ve parked at the Ardroil campsite in the south side of the bay, but there are many access points to this huge beach on either side of the bay. It was here that the famous Lewis Chessmen were found in 1831 and a wooden monument to the discovery sits at the entrance to the beach road.