Friday Flickr – Outer Hebrides: Benbecula, North Uist and Berneray

For this week’s Friday Fickr I’m continuing my tour north through the Outer Hebrides, a chain of islands off Scotland’s west coast.

Arriving in Benbecula over the causeway from South Uist, I travelled up through North Uist crossing further causeways until I reached the small island of Berneray.

I found more gorgeous white beaches with no-one on them, a tropical Thai beach, lots more ancient remains, a modern sculpture trail, some beautiful cottages and … ‘hold on a minute,’ I can hear you thinking, ‘let’s backtrack here, did you just say a tropical Thai beach??’

Yes I did. And no, before you ask, I didn’t make that up. Back in 2009 the Thai tourist authority used a photo of one of Berneray’s beautiful beaches as a stand-in for Thailand’s Kai Bae beach.

Well, they do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Click on the image below to view the Flickr album.

I wonder which would would win in a face-off or a game of island beach Top Trumps? I think I’d pick the Outer Hebrides any day.

Which would you go for? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Author: Anne

Join me in my journey to live a life less boring, one challenge at a time. Author of the forthcoming book 'Walking the Kungsleden: One Woman's Solo Wander Through the Swedish Arctic'. View all posts by Anne