Monday 8 August 2011

The Outer Hebrides - Images and Highlights !

Mike - coastal scenery near Leverburgh 

The OH provided some memorable moments - some scenic, some just memories of events - here's a few !

KH prone to leaving things behind put his glasses down on the road while taking some film only to watch in horror as an approaching car run straight over them !

Going one better KH asking directions near Port Nis after having left his helmet behind that morning in Taerbet, came back to the road ready to head off until he realised he'd forgotten his bike - we reckoned later he would have noticed after 1-2 kms!

Street lights of Kearshader complete with 1/2km of footpaths only problem no houses - UK funding gone haywire!

Mega sounding more like his wife Monik going into Tesco like shop and coming back with 2 packs of 5 donuts - " they had a 2 for one special"!

The beautiful White sandy beaches of Barra and the Fjiord like scenery of Harris - memorable

Henley pedalling like the damned along the causeway at Erriskay with the ferry due to depart in 5 mins

The tourist info sign at Bharvas that indicated one of the main historical attractions in the area was the annual clubbing of baby gannets - what baby seals was not good enough for tourism!

The Nordic names of many of the villages and wild loch scenery where it was likely Eric the Red might appear at any moment

The strict observance of the Sabbath where even doing your washing can bring the ire of church elders!

The scarred landscape caused by hundreds of years of peat farming


1 comment:

  1. Hey it's gone too quiet!! what's the go. No bike no news ! or has the indicator switch on the car got you locked up ?? MM

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