A  short distance along the road, behind  Laide Post Office is a track which leads down to the ruins of a chapel believed, by some, to be  built by St Columba about 500 AD.
Further along the road and just before it narrows, is a second track that leads down to Laide Jetty.
The views across Gruinard Bay from here and  at the chapel are superb with Suilven, Stac Pollaidh and An Teallach rising up on the eastern side of the bay.                               

A favourite walk is to follow the cliffs around the headland at Mellon Udrigle.
The guide books give a time of  one and a quarter hours but a number of our guests have, on a fine day, spent three to four hours on the circuit.

Next to the Old Smiddy is Laide Wood. Although seriously damaged and closed in November 2005 due to a hurricane, it was re-opened to visitors in April 2007. The  paths offer gentle strolls with the chance to admire the two lochs and their abundance of water lilies, and the possibility of sighting a buzzard or two flying overhead.  
www.laidewood.org.uk

Here, there is a small car park and a board walk onto the beautiful beach of Camas a’Charaig.
The panorama here, although similar to that from Laide jetty and chapel, is even more spectacular and must rank as one of the finest coastal views anywhere in the United Kingdom.

The single track road continues for another three miles to the tiny community of Mellon Udrigle.                                      

In the centre of Gruinard Bay is Gruinard Island, famous as the site for the testing of Anthrax bombs in 1942.
More recently, Gruinard Island was one of the sites chosen for the re-introduction of the White Tailed Sea Eagle.
Halfway between Laide and First Coast are two lay-by’s
from which seals can often be seen basking on the rocks.
Near the parking area is a sign which points to a cave in which, it is reputed, church services were held in the past.