Sea splash
Grobust is one of my favourite beaches on Westray. At one end are rocks which act as a roosting place for gulls …
Grobust
Grobust is one of my favourite beaches on Westray. Can you see the bodyboarders with their bright boards? I love the slightly …
The pattern of Tangle dykes at Grobust
Westray has traces of a formerly thriving seaweed industry scattered above many of its shores. These kelp-drying walls are called tangle dykes, …
Westray Coast 50 – Day Two
My adventures on the second of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
Seaweed on the shore
All it needs is a little rough weather and the beach at Grobust is filled with beautiful seaweed.
Alive
The fact that I’m alive is so incredibly unlikely. To be here now, to witness the Earth turning around the Sun, is a privilege.
The bit in-between
Winter days on Westray are very much like the short flight between Westray and Papa Westray. The flight is the shortest scheduled …
Stormy sunset on Westray
Walking down to Grobust beach from the tiny car park I’m suddenly aware of how dramatic the sky has become. There’s such …
Daisies on the walk to Grobust
I love Grobust beach. The walk down to it from the car park is covered in daisies.
Jackson Pollock
The sea spray at Grobust has an abstract expressionist moment, frozen at 1/1,600th of a second.
Waves crash at Grobust
There’s just time to say goodbye to Grobust on our tour round the Island.
Grassy Knoll
On Westray, if there’s a lump in a field, it’s either rubbish dumped by a farmer or an incredibly precious and very …
Sand-between-the-toes
When the sun shines on Grobust beach, it’s time to do what AA Milne described and get sand between the toes. When …
White foam and intense blue
A panorama of Grobust beach on Westray.
Potent potentilla
The Potentilla is spreading with beautiful vigorous red runners over the shell sand at Grobust.
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 …
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 …
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.