Our final day on Skye saw us travel to the south of the island in a vain attempt to avoid the worst of the weather, after visiting Armadale it was decided to end the day with a short walk to Bearreraig Bay, a steep descent to a beach famous for it's fossils, Sue later described the walk to some German guests in the hotel as a red faced walk, referring to the ascent.

We left the car at the Storr Lochs car park six miles north of Portree on the A855, our route followed the drive over the dam wall down to the Storr Lochs Cottage, followed by a steep descent by way of a slippery pitch path to the beach 350ft below, after exploring the beach it was time for the red faced bit, as we re-traced our route back to the car.

Bearreraig Bay.	back to list back to Oban and Skye
	From the car park at Storr Lochs views to the Old Man of Storr.
	Teeth of rock gnawing at the sky, The Old Man of Storr and to the right Needle Rock.
	Retaining the waters of Loch Leathan the Storr Lochs Dam.
	The only working railway on Skye, built to carry materials and equipment down to the power station below as the cliff was to steep to build a road.
	Looking to the fossil beach and Bearreraig Bay.
	Sea washed cliffs south of the power station.
	The cliffs of Rubha Sughar seen across Bearreraig Bay.
	A close up of the cliff face.
	The impenetrable cliffs on the east coast of Skye.
	From the fossil beach Raasay island across the Sound of Raasay.
	The beach is split in two by the Bearreraig River, no fossils were found on the south side, we were unable to ford the river, the water level was far too high.
	Rock pool.
	The turbulent waters of the Bearreraig River.
	Sue persists on hunting for the elusive fossils.
	Views across Bearreraig Bay.
	Stopping to take a breather, as the views to the distant hills of Torridon tilt into view.
	Viewing Rubha Sughar.
	Raasay and Rona across the Sound of Raasay.
	Looking back to The Storr Lochs Cottage.
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