There are two walks to explore this remote coastline. A circular walk along a sandy bay and cliff backed shingle beach is accessible at low tide. A short walk along a rugged shore in the other direction takes you to the remains of an ancient broch.

The first walk starts on the sandy beach in front of the car park where you can walk along the shore towards a building at the far end of the bay. Take care because on very high tides the route along the beach can get cut off although you can always retrace your steps.

At the northern end of the sand a series of folds can be seen in the greywacke rocks. 440 million years ago tectonic activity has pushed the once horizontal sedimentary beds into an anticline – a convex fold shaped like an ‘n’. The low cliffs have caves and the people who made them their home are usually long forgotten. A niche in the rocks located midway between the larger Red Cave and Black Cave is remembered as the residence of William Purves. In the late 1800s the former clown and strongman retired to his seaside home where he undertook odd jobs and sold picture postcards of himself.