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Sunset - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Not-so-cool bag

We’re out for the sunset and choose a beach with a view. There’s cloud and sunshine and the most beautiful atmosphere to …

Westray pebble - The Hall of Einar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Pecked

This cobble has been tumbled by the waves until it is not quite smooth. It has been ‘pecked’ by crashing against other …

Madeira - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The Madeira outtakes

On the way to Madeira I sit next to a couple and they chat. I say ‘they’ chat, when I mean ‘the …

Rapness Rocks - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Rapness rolling rocks

Rapness has some of the most interesting rocks on Westray. There are lots of rounded red sandstone pebbles. These rocks were dragged …

Wet Pebbles - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Wet pebbles

The pebbles are beautiful and wet inside the mouth of this sea cave on Westray.

The stranger on the shore - The Hall of Einar - photograph by David Bailey (not the)

The stranger on the shore

Westray has no sandstone rocks, yet it has occasional sandstone pebbles on its beaches. Here’s one. It was brought from the island …

Stones in deeply etched caves - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) 2016 David Bailey (not the)

Stones in deeply etched caves

We’re exploring caves around the coast of Westray when we discover this wonderful depression filled with stones and pebbles inside a deeply …

Pebbles and Cobbles - photograph (c) 2016 by David Bailey (not the)

Pebbles, Cobbles and Boulders

I’ve always loved the Westray beach with “The really big pebbles.” I recently discovered that a pebble can’t be any bigger than 64 mm. I think this one must count as a cobble.

Manuport

Manuport

It’s a new word for me. A manuport; Something brought by a human from one place to another. Something which shows conscious …

Broken Stones

Broken Stones

“Like pebbles on a beachKicked around, displaced by feetOh, like broken stonesThey’re all trying to get home” Paul Weller – Broken Stones

Deceptive

Deceptive

A new day and a new beach to explore. This one is hidden behind long kelp drying walls. Over shattered rock and …