TRIP REPORT: Incredible beach landing and day on the Isle of Barra, Scotland!

As the UK started to exit its third and final lockdown following the outbreak of COVID19, I headed up to the Outer Hebrides of Scotland to explore the beautiful island of Barra. Along with this, comes a unique and incredible flight with Loganair involving the World's only airport with scheduled services on a runway beach.
Follow my trip to the island of Barra, and my time exploring. Hopefully this will have you booking a trip to this beautiful part of the World very soon.
Follow all of my trips in detail on my Instagram Stories: @robbiewatson.
Flights:
Loganair: www.loganair.co.uk.
LM451 (GLA-BRR) and LM456 (BRR-GLA).
Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter reg. G-HIAL.
£80pp each way (£160 total).
Accommodation:
Hillside Bed & Breakfast, Castlebay.
Single Seaview Room with Private En-suite (across the hallway).
£70 for one night.
Facebook page and booking info: bit.ly/3whsBYu.
Local bus service:
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar service W32 (Eoligarry to Castlebay)
bit.ly/3MZuSxg.
Dates of travel: 7th and 8th May 2021.
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[@SusanBelfast11]

I hope to visit one day , my great grandmother is from Barra..watching this I can see she was so lucky living there ❤

[@travellingwithrobbie]

It’s such a beautiful place! ☺️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@janinewaite1692]

Watching this from Australia. Will be flying to Barra 5th aug. Just for the day, so thanks for this fantastic insight of the flight and island

[@travellingwithrobbie]

Oh amazing, fingers crossed that you have amazing weather like I did on my outbound flight. Have a great time and thanks so much for watching!

[@Greggs30806]

Great video, am hoping to visit Barra next summer via Oban and the Oban to Castlebay ferry, been there twice before and its such a beautiful island.

[@pravindave4194]

THANK YOU MR.ROBBY,BARRA GOOD

[@deandashingly872]

I have been to Barra twice by plane and ferry, l would recommend flying. Great place to just relax, time slowed as soon as you arrive. Just go for a week it will feel like 2 weeks but in a good way. We stayed in a cottage with a coal fire no TV, sitting watching the fire flickering listening to music or reading. Great time.

[@travellingwithrobbie]

Sounds incredible! I would definitely like to spend more time in the Outer Hebrides during Spring/Summer sometime. However, I won’t be as lucky as during this trip where there were no tourists other than myself!

[@deandashingly872]

@@travellingwithrobbie The second time l went it was mid June, unless it has changed it wasn't really busy. That time of year it doesn't really get dark.

[@hillsidebedbreakfastisleof6350]

Absolute brilliant video Robbie

[@ShotInTheDark]

Great video. That’s on my bucket list too!

[@robinmunro47]

I love Barra..Great video..must take the flight next time 🙂

[@louisecouture3927]

Thank you so much for posting this! Just fabulous!!

[@travellingwithrobbie]

Thank you so much Louise! ☺️

[@timothydobbins7094]

Great video. I've got my ticket booked for October. Wanted to do this flight for ages!

[@deandashingly872]

I hope you got some clear sky's in October. The first time l was there Sept/Oct l sat outside watching the stars, l saw 3 shooting stars in one night.

[@SFbigcelt]

@@deandashingly872 we were delayed 30 minutes out of Glasgow, but the weather cleared up enough to enjoy the beach landing. Missed the bus into Castlebay, so I climbed over the dunes to walk the Atlantic facing beach with maybe four other people, to await the flight back to Glasgow. I bought a "Beach Landing" certificate to mark the trip. It was a brilliant experience.

[@Avgeek1564]

I'm flying up there in September, your video was very informative thank you. I'm staying in Castlebay too, is it easy to find your way around?

[@travellingwithrobbie]

Thank you! Yeah Castlebay is pretty small (more like a village) so easy to walk around. If you use Google/Apple Maps I would suggest saving a map of the area for use offline as mobile signal wasn’t good. There is a bus service going around the island and one over towards Vatersay but they are very infrequent. Bike may be a good option to get around if you didn’t want to walk. It took me about an hour and a half to walk from Castlebay to Vatersay Church.

[@Avgeek1564]

@@travellingwithrobbie thanks, I'm actually going on a tour by road with a local guide. Also doing a boat trip to Mingulay.

[@travellingwithrobbie]

@@Avgeek1564 Ahh, that will be great!

[@koressachun3815]

քʀօʍօֆʍ 😄