Thursday 29 August 2013

Summer on Skye: Outer Hebrides - Lewis {Part 2 - Town & Chessmen}


A few weeks ago I went to the Outer Hebrides, we visited Harris & Lewis {see Lewis part 1 of the trip and Harris}. Stornoway is the largest town in the Outer Isles, this is what we saw. . .

  
 colourful, characterful buildings. . .
   
a herring fisherwoman. . .

the Ferry in port from Ullapool. . .

 
Grey pastel sky and silhouettes. . .

Gaelic signposts. . .

  
and the oldest pub in town!

From Stornoway we travelled across Lewis to Uig Bay the place where the famous Lewis Chessmen were discovered in the 19th Century.

  
In tribute to the chessmen which were found in a sandbank at Uig in 1831 there is a huge wooden King carving near the beach. . .

  
 with an amazing beard. . .


      
and a Berserker {rook} and a Knight. . .

 
huge beaches with the blue sea in the distance. . . 

People as dots on the sand. . . 


  
 Footprints and grass into sand. . . 

 I loved how the tufts of plants and grass grow up through the sand taking over. . .

 No sea in sight. . .




  


and lush green fields and mountains in the distance.

Thanks Harris and Lewis, be back soon!


2 comments:

  1. I love colourful houses, I think the world would look a lot better if there were more of those! How fun would it be to live in a bright pink home?

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