A Walk Out On A Different Planet..


And some lessons on the local terms for us.

The sun has been out again and a few flowers in the garden have been popping their heads up for a look.

Even the fish in the pond are on the move.

As it was so nice we went out for a walk along the nearest beach.  It had to be the nearest beach because the heap of junk that we swopped for our lovely Transit van got the hump with it's timing belt and threw it off.

Anyway......off we went into the sunshine when this mist started to build up on the water, this is known as a "Haar" up here (Not too sure if I have spelled that correctly).

Still, it made the beachside graveyard a place to quickly pass by. 

Then we were out on a different planet.

Lots of scrabbling around later,

and we worked out that if you lifted the Bladderwrack weed up there was a host of Winkles lying underneath.

Now - confusingly for me as I used to fish for the common Whelk - Winkles are known as Whelks up here and Whelks are known as Buckies. The Whelks latin name is Buccinum undatum so you can see where "Buckies" came from.

Just how good does this seaweed look?.... albeit very "Alien"

The same goes for this shoreline.

What a place......Absolutely fantastic!

On the way back we came across this Fulmar, these birds have a delightful habit of spitting a foul smelling oil at you if you get too close. Thank goodness for a zoom lense!

I was really hoping that this one would take off as I still need to get a decent picture of one in flight........ It was not to be.

The harbour is filling up nicely as the Lobster season is due to start any day now, a few Mackeral have also been throwing themselves on the lures recently, so all the signs are good for the summer.


Bring it on.


The Whelks (Winkles) were delicious, the best I've ever tasted.
We will soon be going back for more!



Until next time..................






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