As if one RedPoint beach wasn't enough.....

[Highart13]

This walk was one we had been meaning to do for a while. We had done it in reverse order but did not complete the circuit, so we set out very early last Saturday to do it, knowing the weather was due to be cracking

Don't be put off this walk by the fact that it does not include hills, the headland between the RedPoint beaches overlooks some of the most stunning scenery across to Applecross and Skye and wrapping right round to the tips of the Torridon hills in their white winter jackets

Directly from the car park at the end of the road at RedPoint passing through farmland (followed closely by one of the farm dogs who was rather interested in our collie), the signposted path leads you directly down through the undulating lush green machair and onto RedPoint's south beach.

You can wander around here as much as you like, it's a truly awesome stretch of beach which is now used for livestock grazing. There is a tiny offshore island (Eilean Tioram) which is accessible when the tide is not too high.

At the north-west of the beach when you run out of sand and it becomes rocky, there is a faint sheep track which takes you up onto the cliff and onto a discernible narrow track through the heather and scrub around the headland.

Looking back towards the beach as you leave are some of the best views of the incredible Wester Ross landscape you will find.

Continuing on the track (being careful not to slip into any of the numerous boggy drainage ditches carved into the headland - I speak from experience!) the path leads you round alongside the dramatic coast towards RedPoint's more well known north beach.

The path hugs the rugged and rocky coastline with several craggy coves eaten into the shoreline below the clifftop track. Sadly, not many of these enticing little private shingly beaches are accessible however.

Before the long the stunning RedPoint north beach comes into view, and what a view it is with it's gigantic almost-horizontal sand dune towering over the beach (yes I recommend sand-surfing down it.....)

Once you climb down over the rocks at the end of the path and onto the beach, to progress you will need to skip across a shallow but fast-flowing burn which runs down into the sea. This is a great place for a picnic before making your way back to the car

[Anthy74]

Did this walk 29 November 2022. Farm road very muddy. Once above Red Point South beach, the moor was very boggy making the going difficult and slow. When we arrived at North beach it was well worth the effort.