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It’s hard to see that cliffs are dangerous from the top of them. Seeing the Island from the sea gives a completely …
the geology of Westray
It’s hard to see that cliffs are dangerous from the top of them. Seeing the Island from the sea gives a completely …
There’s a rock pool fed with fresh water fram a tiny waterfall on the west coast of Westray. I love how green …
If rocks could think and feel and see then life would be very different from their perspective. These rocks are so contorted, …
The west coast of Westray has some of the best walking in the islands. There are fossilised remains of ripples on the …
Coronavirus has destroyed my livelihood. I’ve had all my work cancelled for a year and will have absolutely no income. I’m also …
I’ve been inspired by seeing how limpets have colonised a crack in a rock from year to year. I think I might …
A fine day means the chance to walk the Westray coast: The blues are spectacular and the rocks are fascinating In the …
We’re walking down past Backarass on Westray. It’s a special landscape of shattered rocks and still pools: The weather is fabulous and …
My adventures on the fifth of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the four-and-a-half-th of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the fourth of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the third of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the second of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the first of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
They say ‘Take only pictures, leave only footsteps,’ but we decided to take a footstep home. I just need to draw a …
Rapness has some of the most interesting rocks on Westray. There are lots of rounded red sandstone pebbles. These rocks were dragged …
Westray’s coastline has magnificent layers of sedimentary rocks. In places there are folds and cracks: A crack in the rocks leads to …
Looking into the cracks in the flagstones I see what looks to be a freakishly large Woodlouse. It’s a Sea Slater…
The Westray coastline is so beautiful on a glorious day it’s hard to know whether to look up, look across or look …
The weather on Westray may be dull, but there’s never a dull day on Westray.
A white blanket of cloud shrouds the island but life continues as normal for the incredible menagerie which inhabits the shores of Westray.
Westray wears its working clothes most of the time. It has an endless supply of beautiful green garments which it accessorises with …
The sedimentary rock on Westray breaks into hundreds of ledges where the layers of time wear them away.
Rock lines and circles surround us in a sea cave on Westray.
The mini-boulders on Westray’s beaches are a never-ending source of stripes and spots of beautiful muted colours.
I could stand and stare at the stone Orkney beaches for hours; and I sometimes do.
Drips of water run down the cliffs on Westray.
Walking along Westray’s rocky shores through a rock arch and into and out of caves we come across this dripping waterfall with …
Wandering along the coast of Westray it’s sometimes hard to tell what’s in the cliffs below. Only when there’s a promontory can …
The exposed rocks of Westray are endlessly fascinating even if you’re not a geologist.