The Isle of Harris is another popular one of the Western Isles.  This is mostly due to the north side of the island being one big beach.  The main road on the island takes you form Leverburgh in the south west, up and round the north Coast and over the Harris hills to drop you at Tarbet on the South East.  This is one of the nicest roads ever with something always there to keep you interested.  Although the weather was not great when i was on Harris i still thoroughly enjoyed it and if the weather was good this may well have been my favourite island.  The beaches on the north really are fantastic and a great place to camp out.  Another excellent feature on the island was the Isle of Harris Golf Club, right on the beach i wish i had a set of clubs with me, looked brilliant !  If you are coming to Harris from Berneray North Uist the ferry crossing is something else, my favourite crossing of the trip.  It takes you through shallow water passing loads of Uninhabited islands and a chance to see dolphins.  I saw one but didn't have time to get a pic.  From the north of the island you get a clear view of the island of Taransay made famous in 2000 by the BBC program Castaway where they stranded 30 or so people on the uninhabited island and made them fend for themselves, a really good program, needless to say its not uninhabited now !  There is a minor road that runs straight along the south coast, i was etching to give it a go and if i go back i will definitely use it, ( if you have been on it email me and tell me what its like) we spent the whole ferry ride pondering over which road to take.  Many famous products have come from Harris, including of course Harris Tweed and a very unique Tablet mmmm.  The final part of the journey was the best where you climb 500 ft or so in the Harris hills and then a free run all the way down the other side to Tarbet to catch the ferry to Skye, where i managed to clock my maximum speed for the trip a whopping 34.4 MPH get in there !

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