Thursday, 11 June 2015

Butt of Lewis

The Butt of Lewis is officially the windiest place in the UK.

The light house has been converted so it no longer has a traditional Fresnel lens.

The cliffs are spectacular. From some aspects there is a weird optical illusion where the left hand bay looks about 300 feet below the level of the water to the right of it and the far right ocean looks even higher. It doesn't show in these pictures.
Even on the calmest day we had, the surf is impressive.


Nesting shags are a feature. I'm quite pleased with the new camera. These are at almost full (50x) zoom.


We aren't sure what these birds are.
The seals seemed to be enjoying the surf.


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