Tag: Island
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Bheàrnaraigh
Fantastic rock strata on an un-named beach on the north coast of Berneray. Gneiss I understand, a metamorphic rock 542 to 4000 million years old. I thought geologists could be more precise than that. Berneray, Gaelic Bheàrnaraigh, is said to come from the Norse bjarnar and ey meaning island of the bear. Whether bears survived here is hard to…
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Glas Eilean
A small island in Loch Gairloch occupied by a dozen or so shags which took flight as I neared.
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I Nam Ban Boidhehch
Island of the beautiful women, or Iona as it is more commonly called.