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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 landscape 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 …
One of my favourite photographs from Orkney is Sunset over Tafts. It sums up the surprising drama of a landscape, which is …
There’s a rock pool fed with fresh water fram a tiny waterfall on the west coast of Westray. I love how green …
I love walking the west coast of Westray. On a beautiful day there’s no place like it. I’ve been enjoying getting to …
If rocks could think and feel and see then life would be very different from their perspective. These rocks are so contorted, …
When you can see the horizon, on days when you can spin and see the sea and the clouds surrounding you, there’s …
The west coast of Westray has some of the best walking in the islands. There are fossilised remains of ripples on the …
I’m walking the remote western coast of Westray today. There’s enough phone signal for an emergency call and precious little else here. …
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.
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 …
Earth exists in a goldilocks zone for life; the temperature is just right for liquid water. We are all here because of …
The three rams at Backarass are in a huddle. They are all fine, big boys but not quite yet of Derby Ram …
As soon as you look at the universe as a whole, everything looks very different. As soon as you look at something …
Noup Head lighthouse is a major feature of the coast of Westray. Planned in 1895, it was announced in Parliament because, “Her …
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, …
In 2017 I had a wild idea; I was going to walk the entire coast of the Orkney island of Westray in …
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.
The law on who owns what land isn’t as simple as you might think. Living in a country with a name like …
On a glorious day on Westray this boat on the Ouse on the Bay of Skaill makes a beautiful scene:
There are precious few trees on Westray. Wood for buildings was a scarce material and driftwood was always salvaged by Islanders and …
The coast of Westray on any day is invigorating: