Berneray and North Uist
Small islands with lovely beaches
The following blog post is based on a chapter in my new book, The Scottish Isles: Part 2: Skye and the Outer Hebrides. The first volume, The Scottish Isles: Part 1: Shetlands, Orkneys and Hebrides is currently on sale at a reduced price, US $2.99 for the Kindle and US $9.99 for the paperback. The two front covers follow, after which the post begins.
BECAUSE I didn’t yet have a car on the Outer Hebrides, I hitchhiked down Harris, and then I took a local ferry from Leverburgh to Berneray. The ferries, Caledonian MacBrayne, or CalMac for short, are heavily subsidized and cheap. But they often break down.
The local ferry terminal where I got off is right at the southern tip of Berneray, described on Google Maps as “Serene island with secluded beaches.” It’s also very small. Its longest axis is less than six kilometres long. It is only a couple of kilometres from the ferry terminal to practically all the settled spots on the island.
