10/05: Coral Beach and Neist Point
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
To today it is raining, not drizzling. The forecast shows that it should let up around noon, so we drove across the island to Coral Beach. We have rain gear so we can always walk to the beach in the rain.
It's still pretty grey but the rain is more of a drizzle. These bushes add a little colour to the dull day.
Coral Beach. The actual beach is made from bleached skeletons of a red coraline seaweed called Maerl (pronounced Marl). Maerl contains a large amount of lime (calcium carbonate) that has been used locally by farmers to enrich the soil.
Yes, it stopped raining and we're seeing sun and blue skies.
A closeup up of the "sand". It was very gritty like tiny bits of shell.
We weren't the only ones checking out the water's edge.
We stopped for coffee and sat in the back garden with this view.
We had to contend with some local traffic today --- the off ramp was backed up.
Neist Point is a viewpoint on the most westerly point of Skye. Neist Point Lighthouse has been located there since 1909. .
There's lots of basalt rock here as well, the same as we saw on Staffa and the Giant's Causeway in Ireland.
The rain is coming in, time for us to head out.
It's still pretty grey but the rain is more of a drizzle. These bushes add a little colour to the dull day.
Coral Beach. The actual beach is made from bleached skeletons of a red coraline seaweed called Maerl (pronounced Marl). Maerl contains a large amount of lime (calcium carbonate) that has been used locally by farmers to enrich the soil.
Yes, it stopped raining and we're seeing sun and blue skies.
A closeup up of the "sand". It was very gritty like tiny bits of shell.
We weren't the only ones checking out the water's edge.
We stopped for coffee and sat in the back garden with this view.
We had to contend with some local traffic today --- the off ramp was backed up.
Neist Point is a viewpoint on the most westerly point of Skye. Neist Point Lighthouse has been located there since 1909. .
There's lots of basalt rock here as well, the same as we saw on Staffa and the Giant's Causeway in Ireland.
The rain is coming in, time for us to head out.