Tag Archives: coast

One hour, one shower, altered perspective.

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Along this small frisk of marginal land, sandwiched between high mountains and deep sea, an old path has been re-established by our footsteps. For me it has become a prayer walk, a cleansing-of-the-mind pather, from croft home to sandy beach … Continue reading →

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Elemental Colours and Inner Sounds (Water Colours II)

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

I wrote last year about the Inner Sound and the Minch, stretches of sea between Wester Ross on the Scottish mainland and the Hebrides: https://notesfromasmallcroftbythesea.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/water-colours/ Red River Croft looks out over them both but especially where they meet, one running … Continue reading →

Posted in clouds, coasts, environment, experiencing nature, photography, Scotland, weather | Tagged coast, coastal environments, colours of nature, elementals, Inner Sound, marine environments, nature, Scotland, sea, The Minch, Wester Ross | 7 Comments

Winter blues and the magic of light

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

So much happens in midwinter, not just the mayhem of a family Christmas but out there, beyond the walls and windows, down by the shore, in the fields and in the woods. Apart from the preternatural (and for me much … Continue reading →

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Limestone homecoming and olive trees

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

For a few years I took groups of university students to Mallorca. It was both a privilege and a pleasure; hard work but great fun. Through fieldwork we investigated the island’s mountain and coastal landscapes and tried to piece together … Continue reading →

Posted in archaeology, beaches, Formentor, karst, limestone, Lluc, Mallorca, Mediterranean, Mediterranean holidays, Mediterranean vegetation, olive groves, olive trees, rillenkaren, Serra de Tramuntana, terraces, university teaching | Tagged beach, coast, coasts, geology, karst, landscape, limestone, Mallorca, Mallorca mountains, Mediterranean, Mediterranean vegetation, mountains, nature, olive trees, sea, terraces, weather, wilderness, wildlife | 5 Comments

Wild meetings and mirages

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

A heron-grey early dawn. Through my open window wet scented air slipped in. It smelled wonderful. After days of heat that has bleached bog mosses and sucked moisture from soil, the rain was very welcome. Scents slicked over my tongue … Continue reading →

Posted in beaches, birds, coasts, encounters with wildlife, environment, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, wilderness, wildlife | Tagged beach, birds, coast, croft, landscape, meetings, nature, new friends, ringed plovers, stag, weather, Wester Ross, wild, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife encounters | 3 Comments

Swallows, ghosts and purple rain

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Our run of sassy, warm and sunny May weather ended in a flurry of sharp showers and midge mists. With the addition of moisture after weeks of dryness everywhere is sappy, buzzing and busy, especially in the croft fields. Even the … Continue reading →

Posted in beaches, birds, coasts, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, nature, nature writing, photography, Scotland, sea, Skye, weather, wilderness, wildlife | Tagged coast, coastal birds, coastal environments, sea, sea birds, Skye, waves, weather, Wester Ross, wildlife | 6 Comments

Spring surf, seals and a selkie

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

The last of the unusually calm weather has passed. Normal service has been resumed with strong westerlies forging ahead of cloud banks smeared across the Outer Hebrides. Spring has retreated to the low hill behind me and dithers in patches … Continue reading →

Posted in coasts, environment, experiencing nature, landscape, myth, nature, peatbogs, photography, river, sea, Spring, walking, weather, wilderness, wildlife | Tagged coast, NATO, seals, Spring, weather, wildlife, wildness | 4 Comments

Grey tails and skylarks

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

As the first page of March opened, tall thunder clouds passed over the Cuillin and Trotternish on Skye and glided across the Inner Sound. Soundless, austere and stately, the heights of their heads were impossible to estimate and yet I … Continue reading →

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Along a singing shore

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

There’s a keen wind singing along the shore this morning; it is not cold, just brisk and southerly. The waves are small but very noisy and their tops light up in glowing verdigris as the sun swims behind scudding clouds. … Continue reading →

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Midsummer: inner sounds and outer colours

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Since the summer solstice sunshine and showers have been passing quickly across the croft, hills and sea. The bright warmth of recent weeks still clings to the North West Highlands and the air is filled with countless trillions of tiny … Continue reading →

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