Skywatch Friday: Cycling Project - secret beaches


Day 4 of the Cycling Project, and a glimpse of Gruinard Bay and its secret beaches. The main beach is on the right, and if you enlarge the photo you can see the the others. Pink sand, all sorts of shells, and at this time of year no people. The sky looks rather summery - in fact it had been hailing a few minutes before.


What my son didn't take a photo of was the pleasant island lying out to sea from the bay. Pleasant and for many years deadly - Gruinard Island was deliberately contaminated with anthrax spores during a World War 2 bioweapons experiment. Decontamination is now meant to be complete, after much spraying with formaldehyde and various test flocks of sheep being landed on the island.

Day 4: Poolewe to Ullapool, 50 miles.

Other skies, with and without hail, are at Skywatch Friday.

Comments

  1. Lovely shots, may your cycling trip have many more.

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  2. Great Photo for SWF and the closeup of the beach was very interesting. Sky, hills, water, and the lake shore; you have it all in your picture. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. What a beautiful area, great shots.

    Have a great weekend.
    Guy
    Regina In Pictures

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  4. Oh, the wonderful West Coast......apart from the midges! Did they encounter them on the cycle?
    50 miles in one day, that's a lot of pedalling!

    I haven't been to Gruinard Bay but it's on my list. Thanks for the view.

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  5. That's WoW! I don't know what to say about that! It'll be habitable soon, then? WoW!

    Beautiful scene in the 1st shot

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  6. Love that pic of Gruinard Bay. I have one very similar somewhere. Must dig it out. I know the exact spot you took this from. There's a wee car park/passing place on the corner where you can stop to take this shot. Brilliant.

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  7. What a great looking place despite the hailing.

    I hope all the best to the test sheep.

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  8. great sky photos...love the sand...

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  9. Beautiful photo of a place I would love to be!

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  10. Lovely, peaceful scene..

    I really like both shots..

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  11. A beautiful bay and just lovely writing in the sand.

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  12. A picture of calm and serenity. Very nice!

    Mix PixReflections by Mariz

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  13. Hi Linda, in answer to your question ... yes we did find quite a few fossils. Leaves, clams and some little fish called 'Nevada Stickleback'. I have a couple of photos, of some of them, in a 'Camera Critters' post, that I did on May 9th, if you're interested in seeing them. :-)

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  14. This is a great photo...the water has many shades of color, so pretty...I like the hills also and the pink sand shows even in the first shot...Gruinard Bay is beautiful..I love Wednesday's photo...such vastness to it...

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  15. I love this place, we were there last year, saw our first sea eagle, had a lovely walk on that beach, and yes it hailed then too, in June.

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  16. What a beautiful area! Great shots too.

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