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Showing posts with label rocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rocks. Show all posts
Monday, May 12, 2014

Generations of geology students have swarmed over his unconformity on the way to the Cock of Arran,.

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We made our way out of Loch Ranza and turned north along... ...the Newton shore where we chose to stop for second breakfast near the s...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The great quartz vein of Grob Bagh, Gigha.

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 A great vein of quartz....  ...stretches out to sea from Grob Bagh on the SW coast of Giga.  Seen end on it is like a miniature ...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Flirting with the maidens of Maidenhead Bay.

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 At last the forecast NE breeze kicked in as...  ...we rounded Barwin Point past the reefs and...  ...rocky maidens that guard M...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Summer puts in a late appearance on the Solway.

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 Summer finally arrived...  ...at Fleet Bay...  ...on the Solway Firth...  ...on the 21st of September. Tony and I were taki...
Friday, June 08, 2012

The east coast of Holy Island

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 The north east coast of Holy Island is an area of... ...stark beauty and a turbulent geological past. A bed of Old Red Sandstone is ...
Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Luncheon on the rocks at Kingscross.

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 A force 3 southerly wind picked up as we rounded Largybeg Point.  We wasted no time in hoisting our sails and... ...what followed...
Monday, June 04, 2012

Dawn of our final day on Arran.

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The sun slowly rose behind a rickety basalt dyke on the Kildonan shore at the south end of Arran. This was to be our fifth consecutive...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

All sorts of things on the go at Brown Head, Arran.

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Shortly after leaving Drumadoon Bay we passed the Rebecca R  (RX 383) which seemed to be fishing very close inshore. At first I thought ...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Somewhat pissed off in Grogport.

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The remote east coast of Kintyre, between Claonaig and Carradale, is almost unpopulated having only one hamlet and is...  ...stunningl...
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