Interesting Beaches

[Ben]

I've been to a couple of these - Hawaii and Mendecino. I would not want to go to the French cow beach. Having lugged my float tube down a beach to one of the more popular fly fishing lakes in CA, which is also used for cattle grazing, I can assure you, dear readers, that it is no place you want to drop a beach blanket and picnic basket. Airport beach in the UK looks interesting. I can't believe aircraft with standard tires can land there. Seems you would need bush plane style balloon tires.

http://www.theworldgeography.com/2013/08/strange-beaches.html

[vaskidmark]

The western half of the Island of Vieques in Puerto Rico was on the ranching side, as opposed to the firing range side.  The jarheads on that Carib cruise could not have been significantly more stupid than those that came before them, which meant that thirty-some years of Marines had gotten into their heads the notion that there was nothing better than to go surfing/swimming on a beach not only inhabited by tick-infested cows but serving as the terminus of the tidal sewer system of the island's ranching community.

Sometimes it is better not to discuss why your name comes up on the radio watch schedule when everybody else assigned is E-3 or below.  But  then, I did not embarass myself on liberty in San Juan and then find out there was not a taxi that would take a passenger with that condition to the docks.

I'm off now to waste a significant slice of time finding out more about several of those beaches.

stay safe.

[Jocassee]

The western half of the Island of Vieques in Puerto Rico was on the ranching side, as opposed to the firing range side.  The jarheads on that Carib cruise could not have been significantly more stupid than those that came before them, which meant that thirty-some years of Marines had gotten into their heads the notion that there was nothing better than to go surfing/swimming on a beach not only inhabited by tick-infested cows but serving as the terminus of the tidal sewer system of the island's ranching community.

Sometimes it is better not to discuss why your name comes up on the radio watch schedule when everybody else assigned is E-3 or below.  But  then, I did not embarass myself on liberty in San Juan and then find out there was not a taxi that would take a passenger with that condition to the docks.

I'm off now to waste a significant slice of time finding out more about several of those beaches.

stay safe.

You need to write up your autobiography. Sooner rather than later

[Tallpine]

Airport beach in the UK looks interesting. I can't believe aircraft with standard tires can land there. Seems you would need bush plane style balloon tires.

I thought that you must be referring to Barra 

I would love to visit Barra, and Uibhist a Deas/Tuath, etc but travel/flying is such a pain these days 

Castlebay on the other end of Barra looks neat - has an old castle on a little rock island out in the bay.  There are lots of other nice beaches on Barra and Na H-eileanan Siar in general.