manonabeach® is proud to have financial support from the following businesses in Sutherland, Caithness and the Orkney Mainland, North and South Ronaldsay, Hoy, Westray and Sanday Island, listed by supported beach page. Please use the send your answers 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?
Embo and Dornoch, Sutherland:
“What does the beach mean to you..?”
Reflections on Embo Beach:Lucky us! Embo beach is only a 10 minute walk away, down a private path from Embo House. The beach takes my breath away, it is SO beautiful. Its miles of golden sands, clear, clean water and huge sky interact in endless variations, so it is never the same place twice. Plus there are amazing views of the hills to the north – and the beach itself is always practically deserted: bliss! To walk, swim, read or picnic on Embo beach is a full mind and body experience, where I escape my everyday life and become at one with the amazing natural world around me.Reflections on Dornoch beach:I first discovered Dornoch beach when I was 13 and I when I walk onto this beach, I still experience the same child-like delight I had then. So much inviting sand, clear water, rock pools, shells and spots to sit and watch the world go by. I swim here on the hottest days and brave the wind, enjoying the white horses on others. Mostly, I love walking my dog along this beach and cheerily passing the time of day with a few fellow Dornoch dog-walkers – or with the odd amiable seal who pops his head above the water to say hello. This beach is essential soul food!
…Ginny, at Boutique Dornoch Accommodation, below:
Skinnet and Farr Bay, Sutherland:
“What does the beach mean to you..?”
Since I was little, the beach has been where I feel most happy and alive. It’s where I first learned to love the sea, to swim and to sail, to have the wind in my sails and dream of endless adventures on the open ocean. Whether I’m walking along a beach, listening to the waves, or setting sail into the horizon, the sea always calls me back. Some places you visit—the north coast of Scotland and its beaches, stay with you….forever.
…Emily, at Kyle of Tongue Cottages, below:
Ceannabeinne and Sango Bay, Durness:
Bay of Skaill and Waukmill Bay, Orkney:
Sandwood Bay and Oldshoremore, Sutherland:
“What does the beach mean to you..?”
As a child of the 50’s I holidayed every year at the hamlet of Blairmore on the family croft.The croft house is situated at the beginning of the peat road which leads to Sandwood Bay.The walk in the summer evenings with some of the neighbouring children to collect the cows for milking would be full of trepidation. Would we see the ghost of Sandwood Bay ,the Bearded Sailor purported to walk the beaches and surrounding area or a mermaid combing her hair and singing while sitting on the rocks looking out to sea? Such were some of the many tales told around the peat fire by the old folk. The smell of bog myrtle ,gorse and heather and the sound of the sea crashing and booming on a stormy day sighing and hissing on a calm are etched on my heart.The walk itself is very uplifting and has the essence of a spiritual nature.4.1 miles of mood improving steps.
…Ellen, at Clashview, below:
Scourie, Sutherland:
Balnakeil, Sutherland:
