Arnish Lighthouse

A few months ago, I found myself on Bosta Beach, when a group of locals gathered to discuss the installation of a Time and Tide Bell. This device rings in ever changing tones as the tide ebbs and flows around it. Twelve of the bells are to be installed around the coastline of the UK, and sculptor Marcus Vergette is intending to place one on the beach at Bosta.

It is an idea that sits uneasy with many people, and I rank myself among those. Although the sound of the bell is not loud, I do not feel that it would be fitting to place it in the location of Bosta, a secluded beach on the northern end of Great Bernera. Some might find it an intrusion to see an object that is patently not part of the natural scenery, or general environment that one expects to find there.

Bosta Beach

Visited Great Bernera last Wednesday, and returned with more than 170 pictures. I’m not going to put them all up, but here is a choice selection.

Fog drifting west out of Loch Leurbost, as seen from Cameron Terrace

Fog at Kirkibost

Rope and mussels on the pier at Kirkibost

House and boat at Valasay

Old and new, Hacklet

Valasay and Tobson from Hacklet

Anyone missing a float? It’s on the beach at Tobson

Tobson Beach, choked with boulders

Landraiders’ Memorial, at the Tobson junction

Little Bernera from Bosta Beach

Iron Age House at Bosta