Sandwood Bay

South of Cape Wrath, Sandwood Bay boasts one of Scotland’s best and most isolated beaches, guarded at one end by the spectacular rock pinnacle Am Buachaille. A 9-mile round-trip hike from Blairmore car park, northwest of Kinlochbervie, follows a former peat track across bleak moorland puddled with lochans before arriving, almost unexpectedly, at this coastal jewel. Few people walk all the way to the beach’s northern end, so if you’ve packed a picnic, that’s the spot to aim for.