The Beach at Balnakeil

This is Balnakeil Beach in the far north west of Scotland.

This is looking almost due west, towards Cape Wrath. Cape Wrath is a Ministry of Defence live firing range, and while we were there we heard a number of bombs explode, dropped from jets onto An Garbheilan (Garvie Island). Ships also fire at the island from 12 miles offshore, which would be quite the sight, but there weren't any to be seen the day we were there.

Apparently the firing range is also an RSPB bird reserve.

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24 mm, 1/1250 sec, f/8, ISO 450

15 November 2010

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You missed your chance for a new phone...it was perfect weather for it.
Becky @ 15 November 2010
That's great
Riccardo @ 16 November 2010
Love the contrast between the car tracks and the footprints. Cool beach scene.
ROB @ 18 November 2010
Tom I love the evidence of folk having been there, adds its own narrative. My post by the way was Gormleys another place at crosby, amazing to behold.
martin @ 19 November 2010

eh10