Rick, when you leave Barra head up to Loch Boisdale on Uist. As you leave the village you will come to a tee junction where the main road goes to the right. Turn left here for the Sound of Eriskay. As you turn left you will see a garage forecourt and beside the pumps is a fish & chip shop!
There is a long causway across to the Island, which is worth having a look round.
There are places to wild down near the little harbour.
Our favourite, however is back up the road towards Loch Boisdale. One or two miles before the tee junction there is a church on the right hand side. A few hundred yards before the church is a lane to the left sign posted 'Beach'. You go past a couple of farms, cattle grids and gates, until it eventually comes out on a flat bit of short grass with some hard stands amongst dunes.
Dunes on each side but panoramic views out to sea. Its an easy walk down to the beach (approx 50yds)
and other, longer walks, to each side. If you prefer there are a couple of c---s---s
on the Island. Lots to see and do. If you are heading up to Loch Maddy turn left off the A865 onto the B892 and you will eventually come to a WW2 airfield on the left that is still in commercial use today.
Other places we stayed:- Uig on Skye, Ullapool, (we went to the Loopallu [Ullapool backwards!]
annual Festival of music, Sawdocters etc!
) Cove, {north of Poolwe}, Unapool, beside the bridge, Durine, near to Smoo cave, John O'groats and loads more. We where out for five weeks on this one last September.
Hope my ramblings help you, Jim.