Saturday 21 July 2007

Westside Whirl

Went for a drive round the West Side this afternoon, with a visit to the Trushal Stone, South Shawbost, Dalbeg and the Pentland Road. A flock of sheep delayed our journey through Barvas, and a barking dog did not agree with our presence at the back of Shawbost. Dalbeg was busy, with cars coming and going, geese swanning about the loch and the tide deciding to go out big style: 6 feet in 1 hour. The Pentland Road is a high-level route offering fantastic distance views of the hills of Harris and Uig, as well as closer hills such as Stacaseal [Stacashal], Eitsal and the Barvas Hills. Returned into a sunny Stornoway around the 6pm mark.

9 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful and simple setting where you live... I love it...
    Enjoy!
    Linda :)

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  2. I love the Trushal stone, I didn`t realise it was as big as that. It must be a sight to see.

    Love Sandra xx

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  3. Beautiful and peaceful
    Valerie

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  4. Beautiful pictures Guido, thanks for sharing.   Linda in Washington state  

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  5. The pictures are great.  I love the geese, should frame that one.  The rock with the lines on it is very interesting too.  You live in a very beautiful interesting place.  Looks like there's alot of history there too.

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  6. The pictures are great.  I love the geese, should frame that one.  The rock with the lines on it is very interesting too.  You live in a very beautiful interesting place.  Looks like there's alot of history there too.

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  7. The picture of dawn was lovely... do you have another link for the stone?  I couldn't get it to work!

    be well,
    Dawn
    http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/

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  8. in one word beautiful and another thown in for luck, fantastic!!! I love the Island you live on.
    love and hugs
    Katie

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  9. Lovely pictures! #8 looks like a monster with his back and head out of the water. Have a good day.
    Pam

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