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When the fenceline ends, continue forward a few strides to a waymarked junction. If you go forward, you soon reach the golden sands of Camas Daraich. But for the Point of Sleat, bear right following a continuous path across heathery upland until steps guide you down into a wide gap that separates the final stretch from what has gone before. From the foot of the steps, go forward briefly towards the rocky shoreline, and there swing left soon reaching a low, grassy bar beyond which another small golden sand beach awaits. From here, it is just a few minutes on a clear path and then across close-cropped grass to reach the light at the southernmost point of Skye.

Just to the west of the Point, Eilean Sgorach is a favoured gathering ground for cormorants, where they stand drying outstretched wings. The view is dominated by the mainland, and the island of Rhum, but on a warm, settled day you could be a million miles from anywhere, resolving clouds, soaking in the gentlest of sea breezes, without a care in the world.