Probably my favourite beach in the UK, Traigh Mhor on the west coast of Harris has a gorgeous unblemished coarse grained orange sand beach, totally devoid of sea weed, sports sunken gneiss bedrock and is subject to the full force of the Atlantic and its rolling turquoise breakers, backed by the Harris hills. If there is a better recipe for a first class beach it is certainly difficult to imagine one. I timed this shot for the peak pink of a dawning sky colour, the sink line of the surf etched on the perfect sand and the presence of a cascading atlantic roller exploding onto the shore.

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