Highlands & Islands Supporters

manonabeach® is proud to have financial support from the following businesses in the Highlands of Scotland, plus the Isles of Skye, Mull, Lewis, North & South Harris, Berneray, North & South Uist and Vatersay, listed by supported beach page.  Please use the send your answer menu  or email info@manonabeach.com to find out more.  Click on each supporter’s banner, below here, to learn about their business.  Also, see what the beach means to them, above their banner.

Benefits to new and renewing supporters now include:

• access to beach lovers in largely urban areas (24% London) who are looking forward to their return to your area and to enjoying your services and online products, with hundreds of thousands of hits to the site and being seen in 160 countries.
• access to over 2,500 films from the archive, including over 1,300 narrative interviews, to use in your social media for customer retention and in your blog, like this example.  Why not use the manonabeach® question to engage with your customers?

Camusdarach, Sands of Morar and Arisaig, Highlands:

Applecross, Highlands and Claigan Coral Beach, Isle of Skye:

Borve and Scaristavore,  Isle of South Harris:

“What does the beach mean to you..?”

It doesn’t matter what the question is, the answer is the beach!  A place of beauty, transient light, energy, excitement, reflection and possibilities.  This boundary between the elements, the ever changing fringe, where the otters run, the porpoises hunt the waves and the eagle soars above.  The sound of the surf on Borve beach calls me to return to this place, a tonic to the body and the soul.  It uplifts the human in us all and reminds me to just be.

…Alison, Harris Holiday, below:

Bay at the Back of the Ocean, Isle of Iona and Interview Highlights:

“What does the beach mean to you..?”

For me the Bay at the Back of the Ocean represents a place to stop and consider life’s journey as America is the next stop. I think of all the stones being tumbled over and over in all their myriad colours and combinations. I think of the shipwreck there in the late 1800’s and what the weather must have been like, waves breaking high over the rocks. I always look for the jet from the spouting cave, nature’s power being expressed in a very dramatic way. The golf course passing over the area and the tracks over the machair make me think of different people and the many times I have been here. I think of my parents with a picnic and my brothers and I seeing who could jump furthest out off the edge of the sand dunes at the edge of the beach.

So the beach means beauty, finding unexpected treasures amongst its stones, family holidays every summer and being at the edge, where weather can be experienced at its rawest.

…Rob, Argyll Hotel, Iona, below:

Ardnamurchan Point and Gortenfern, Highlands:

“What does the beach mean to you..?”

Growing up and living on the West Coast of Scotland I have been really fortunate to have access to fantastic beaches – some of the best in Scotland. Many of my best memories take place on our local beaches, family picnics, swimming and camping with friends, and now enjoying the beaches with my son and nieces and nephews. Getting to see how much pleasure they get out of a day at the beach is really special. Ardnamurchan Point is such a special spot – not only the most Westerly point on the British Mainland but a great location to see out to Coll, Tiree and the small Isles, the Island feel so close. If you are really lucky in the summer months basking sharks can be seen off the point.

…Susan, Garmoran Square, Acharacle, below:

Plockton, Wester Ross, Highlands:

Gairloch, Wester Ross, Highlands:

“What does the beach mean to you..?”

Peace, happiness and tranquility.

Marie, Sands Caravan and Camping, below:

Camusdarach, Highlands:

“What does the beach mean to you..?”

The beach a place where I’m reminded that all my problems are so small that they’re not worth worrying about – it puts everything into perspective. The waves will come and go, the tide-line will move and no amount of worrying will stop them. Flinging off my shoes and losing a couple of hours throwing a ball for the dog or paddling about in rock pools is like therapy, I always leave the beach happy and content with the world.

…Emily, at Pure nuff stuff, below:

Luskentyre, South Harris:

“What does the beach mean to you..?”

Luskentyre beach is the perfect getaway and a walk there feels like you are on holiday! Lots of space to unwind, contemplate in peace and enjoy the vast sand and sea with it’s soothing waves.

Catherine, Isle of Harris Tweed, South Harris, below:

Mellon Udrigle, Wester Ross:

Clachtoll, Assynt, Highlands:

Gairloch, Wester Ross, Highlands:

Howmore, South Uist, Western Isles:

“What does the beach mean to you..?”

Howmore is my favourite beach especially when it is in full bloom with the beautiful pink flower on the sand with the moody hills in the background and gorgeous flora on the machair.

…Katie, Corrodale Cottage, below: