Wed 10th July
The causeway started to appear much earlier than was thought. The low tide was 6.08 pm, and the receding tide showed the walkway at 3 pm. Rain still beat down but come hell or high water we were going to walk across.
3.30 pm on went the waterproofs. Just reached the steps when Ian mentioned the sticks. The causeway itself wasn't slippery, but those rocks were another matter. Seaweed also clung to the boulders, and those sticks came into their own. Thank goodness Ian remembered them.
On the island were ruins. Between the AD 600s and 1200s, the area was settled by the Picts and the Norse The Picts were a group of Scottish people from the Middle Ages. They resided North of the Firth of Forth. The Norse, generally referred to as Norsemen, came from the north of Scandinavia. They were full-time traders and seafarers and settled in the islands north and northwest of Britain, Ireland, and western Britain. I struggled to take photos, the camera was enclosed in a sandwich bag and difficult to extract. The rain in the wind was almost horizontal, something the photos do not show. Still I managed a few, and for once, Ian with his waterproof phone took more than me. He sent me this!
On the way back, we looked for a certain shell. If one was found and put in a purse, it is said that the purse will never be empty. Ian in his usual droll way said, 'Of course it won't be empty, it will have the shell in it'!
Well, my purse will often be empty because we never found one!
What I did see was these weird creatures
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| It looked like a wood louse but larger and it could jump. |
The night was to be spent here. It was very exposed, the wind howled outside and rain continued to fall. I wonder what sort of night we will have?
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