I saw the word "Mull" and thought ocean ... I'm glad that I guessed right because I'm not that familiar with UK geography. :)
Living in the middle of a mid-sized Canadian town, far away from either ocean, I'm always nostalgic about the picturesque coastal villages I've read about so seeing your pictures made me smile, especially the shots at Uisken and Bull Hole. Poor starfish.
I forget sometimes how lucky I am to live in a country where I'm never more than 70 miles from the sea. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who've never even seen it...
Mull is an island off the west coast of Scotland if that's any help :)
We go there twice a year if we can possibly manage it and have yet to get tired of it!
I don't know if the starfish was still alive, but after I quickly took his picture, I scooped him up with a handy seashell and popped him back into the water, just in case.
Very very far north. I've heard of Mull and Iona but didn't really associate them with Scotland. More with Ireland for some reason.
The last time I saw the ocean (Atlantic, I've never seen the Pacific), I was visiting a friend in Raleigh, North Carolina and she drove us down to Wilmington where I got to walk into the water and get my feet wet. We picked up seashells on the beach, then went home and made stepping stones for their garden out of quick set cement. It was a lot of fun even though the weather was HOT and very humid.
I've heard of Mull and Iona but didn't really associate them with Scotland. More with Ireland for some reason.
You're not as far out as you might think actually - the islands in that part of the Inner Hebrides are basicaly the other end of the same columnar basalt formation as the Giant's Causeway on the other side of the Irish Sea, so it's all connected :)
An excellent set of shots. I particularly like the horned sheep and the singing Robin, the seascape at Bull Hole, and the geese climbing out in line astern.
The smoky ship is a Clyde Puffer, a steamship - it is now used for cruises but was originally an Admiralty 'victualling boat'.
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Living in the middle of a mid-sized Canadian town, far away from either ocean, I'm always nostalgic about the picturesque coastal villages I've read about so seeing your pictures made me smile, especially the shots at Uisken and Bull Hole. Poor starfish.
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Mull is an island off the west coast of Scotland if that's any help :)
We go there twice a year if we can possibly manage it and have yet to get tired of it!
I don't know if the starfish was still alive, but after I quickly took his picture, I scooped him up with a handy seashell and popped him back into the water, just in case.
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The last time I saw the ocean (Atlantic, I've never seen the Pacific), I was visiting a friend in Raleigh, North Carolina and she drove us down to Wilmington where I got to walk into the water and get my feet wet. We picked up seashells on the beach, then went home and made stepping stones for their garden out of quick set cement. It was a lot of fun even though the weather was HOT and very humid.
I hope the starfish made it. :)
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You're not as far out as you might think actually - the islands in that part of the Inner Hebrides are basicaly the other end of the same columnar basalt formation as the Giant's Causeway on the other side of the Irish Sea, so it's all connected :)
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The smoky ship is a Clyde Puffer, a steamship - it is now used for cruises but was originally an Admiralty 'victualling boat'.
It has a website http://savethepuffer.co.uk/.
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There were hordes of Greylag geese around.
Thanks for the puffer website - I assumed it was some sort of fishing boat!
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