Under a saltire sky we approached the cliff at northern boundary of the beach at Samhnan Insir. It is formed of pre-tertiary Torridonian sandstone and has weathered into...
...the remarkable features of a face, known as
the Old Man of Rum.
The
northernmost point of Rum consists of shallow sandstone ledges which project far out from the land. The swell provided some entertainment as we were distracted by our first sight of distant Canna. This was to be our destination the following day...or so we thought.
Approaching Kilmory we came to this
amazing sandstone boulder, which had weathered into a...
...fantastic T shape. We pondered upon the cataclysmic forces that must have wrenched this great stone from the very bosom of the Earth.
As we approached
Kilmory Bay we came across...
...more hungry red deer feeding on the kelp exposed by low tide.
Again we waited patiently outside the surf zone, admiring the heaving and fine pair of summits, Hallival 723m and Askival 812m, until...
...some smaller sets saw us...
...safely in to shore.
It was now time for tea and some 10 year old Jura on this stunning beach. Meanwhile the deer returned to their grazing at the far end of the bay.
Just added a link to this post from the Sea Kayak Wakes news page http://www.seakayakwales.com/NewsFrontpage.aspx - what a fantastic day you had - further south the weather was not as good (although my daughter gave me a 10 year old Jura so it was still a "winning" day)
ReplyDeleteHi Mike thank you, it is hard to beleive that this trip happened. Today we have 4" snow in the garden and many in SW Scotland and the islands are without electricity. Some snow drifts on Arran are 15' deep!
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