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The Big Strand
is a six mile long beach stretching from mouth
of the river Laggan south to the farm and restaurant at Kintra. There
are three points of access, at the Kintra end you can park at the far
and get to the southern end of the beach. Just to the north of the airport
is an old road now derelict which leads down to the middle of the beach
and at Island farm just before the bridge over the laggan is a signposted
road which takes you through two gates to get to the beach, please remember
to close them after you!
The pictures below are taken at this point.
The road is very potholed and so beware of your suspension as you travel
along here. For those unused to driving on sand it might be better to
park just before the second gate and walk the short distance over the
machair to the beach. This is one of the beaches where it is reasonably
safe to bathe, the beaches on the more exposed coast suffer from powerful
currents and are definitely not safe.
I am indebted to my friend Susan from Vermont
for these images. Clicking on them will bring up the full-sized image.
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