Pages

▼
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

East Holy Island: a geologist's paradise.

›
Paddling north we passed old red sandstone cliffs capped by tertiary lava floes. Nimble wild goats were cropping grass right at the edge of...
Monday, October 08, 2007

The Outer Light of Holy Island: Scotland's Forbidden Island.

›
The Outer Light of Holy Island was built by David A and Charles Stevenson in 1905. Its white light flashes twice every 20 seconds and was a ...
Sunday, October 07, 2007

Solway sea fog and sunshine

›
We were right on the edge of Solway sea fog and sunshine on Saturday. We headed west from Fleet Bay towards Ravenshall point . There was an ...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

Scottish Access problem, is Holy Island closed?

›
NO LANDING Following my post of yesterday about our pleasant visit to Holy Island Chris has replied as follows with details of a very differ...
8 comments:
Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Holy Island of two faiths, Arran

›
From the SW tip of Holy Island we looked across Lamlash Bay to Lamlash village backed by the distant hills of Arran. When we arrived at the ...
7 comments:
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Stacks of coves on the Solway

›
Near the caves there are sea stacks and rocky channels. Further along the coast, towards Fleet Bay, there are islands and sandy coves. We st...
2 comments:

Solway caves

›
A Solway cave. Leaving Little Ross Sound we turned eastwards round the base of Fox Craig. We rested in an eddy out of the main flow of t...