Waves

Sunset over the waves

It’s sunset on Westray and I’ve abandoned the car on the grass and marched off to the sea. It’s magnificent in this …

The seas are magical here. There are exhilarating waves at the Knowe o’ Skea. Out on the skerries, the wary Shags gather, …

The turquoise water off Westray breaks like a lacework of ice, frozen at 1/2000th of a second.

Earth exists in a goldilocks zone for life; the temperature is just right for liquid water. We are all here because of …

As soon as you look at the universe as a whole, everything looks very different. As soon as you look at something …

The north end of Westray is completely different from the south. There are bare cliffs, epic rock features and spectacular waves. Here’s …

In Latin, that’s ‘Boreas domus, mare amicus’. It’s the motto of Orkney. Isn’t the sea amazing? It’s the power and the fragility, …

My adventures on the second of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.

The coast of Westray on any day is invigorating:

At the north end of Westray the Atlantic is unrestrained and waves crash into the coast making blowholes, sea caves and spectacular …

The sea on Westray is so clean and clear when the waves crash and it bubbles and foams in the air.

A fine day on Westray is better than being anywhere else on earth.

There’s a miniature rock stack on the east coast of Westray. It’s slippery as I make my way across the rocks to photograph it at dawn.

The more you can see the horizon, the more you can see the arc of your whole life and think about what’s …

The sea spray at Grobust has an abstract expressionist moment, frozen at 1/1,600th of a second.

There’s just time to say goodbye to Grobust on our tour round the Island.

The sea spray at the Scaun on the northernmost coast of Westray is like tiny glistening jewels today.

Looking back across the sea to mainland Orkney as the ferry journeys to Westray.