Second place is nowhere

The most important archaeological find of last year was found on the remote Orkney island of Westray; or at least it was until someone unearthed a massive hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold treasure in Staffordshire. Now only a few archaeologists – and last night, watchers of BBC2′s Digging for Britain – know about the Orkney Venus [...]

 
Sunset over Grobust

Grobust is one of my favourite beaches on Westray. Here it is at sunset.

 
Sunset over Grobust #2

Grobust is a place I could (and do) go back to again and again. Being up before dawn and going to bed well after dusk, tracking the sun’s movement across the wide open skies and seeing the horizon everywhere I go is something I will miss when I leave.

 
Sunset over Grobust #4

For a grey, windy, desolate place of long winter nights Westray really knows how to do spectacular natural sights.

 
Sunset over Grobust #3

The end of a glorious day. Sunset at Grobust.

 
Sunset Storm

The sun sets as a storm brews over Grobust.

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