Saturday 14th January 2012

Today Dave and I had decided to head down south. As we left a grey and dull Ramsey behind and headed over a greyer and duller Mountain Road, we hoped we'd made the right decision. As we dropped down over the other side, it looked as though we had as there were blue skies and sunshine. So, off to Langness.

We got out of the car and headed along the coastal path until we got to the first arch, which we went down to

Whilst down there I found a camo pattered croc in amongst the debris that must have been washed up at some point

We carried on, towards the lighthouse then went off over towards the right. Part of this is only accessible at low tide. As we were taking pictures, I noticed a couple of seals in the surf with the waves crashing just in front of them

We noticed the remains of a wall. It looked as though it was a building at some point. Though there were nice views it was very exposed and not somewhere you could imagine living

We walked back across towards the lighthouse then over to the other side. We went towards the fog horn but, the pictures I had in my head unfortunately didn't work out so, we abandoned that and carried on along the coastal path

As we carried on along the path, we noticed a chimney built into a fissure in the rocks. There didn't appear to be any other machinery or any indication as to it's use.

We carried on, towards the Herring Tower. It's a surprise that nobody has put a door on this to prevent people getting in

From the Herring Tower, we could see across the bay to Scarlett, which we would visit later.

We headed back to the car for some lunch and then took a walk along the road towards the golf course. As we walked, we saw a Little Egret. We started heading carefully forward, hoping for some pictures when, we noticed two women walking across the grass towards the bird from a different direction. Unfortunately, as they were so visible, they flushed the bird and it flew off. No Little Egret pictures then so, we had to make do with some Shelduck and Mallard that were drifting past.

As we carried on, we noticed a large flock of Curlew, there were probably about 100 altogether. I am reliably informed that this is a common sight in winter

We headed back towards the car and decided to head across to Scarlett.

We didn't see much at Scarlett so, drove around to Fishers Hill in order to take a walk there. As we went past the farm at Poyll Vaaish, we saw some Chough on the beach. They were hidden by grass but, one of them flew over to a water trough for a drink.

After a while, we turned around and headed back to the car, still hoping for a sunset. However, a low band of cloud had come in making it unlikely that it would be as spectacular as we hoped. We took a few shots but, after a week of being in work and seeing some wonderful colours through the window, it was a little disappointing.