A long bay of white sand and big Atlantic breakers at Ness, near the northern tip of Lewis. The pin is approximate.
Eoropie Beach
Surf-pounded white beach at Ness, near the Butt of Lewis
Most visitors miss this
Two miles further north lies Eoropie, where generations of my family came from, a scatter of tidy houses overlooking a long bay of white waves and sands pummelled relentlessly by breakers that roll in without ever seeming to stall.