Sunset at 21:31, from An Groban 383m. 1,257 feet, across Gairloch to Longa Island, the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye and Harris and the Outer Hebrides, in a haze, over 50 miles away, on the horizon, Wester Ross, Scotland.
Commentary.
We set off from the “Old Inn,” at Charlestown in Flowerdale as late as 20:30.
It had been a glorious day in North-West Scotland.
We anticipated that in about an hour we could still enjoy the dying embers of a superb West Coast sunset.
We aimed for An Groban, an inland hill about two miles up Flowerdale.
At near to 21:30 we scaled the summit and this was the view that we enjoyed.
Visible is the whole of Gairloch Bay and the Trotternish Peninsula on the Island of Skye, on the left,
Longa Island, is right of centre and on the horizon, the Outer Hebrides, 40-60 miles distant.
Plum and orange clouds, a partially lilac sea, yellow and gold horizon and silhouetted rapier-like headlands are typical of West Coast sunsets.
They are stunningly beautiful and quite unforgettable.
Sunset at 21:31, from An Groban 383m. 1,257 feet, across Gairloch to Longa Island, the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye and Harris and the Outer Hebrides, in a haze, over 50 miles away, on the horizon, Wester Ross, Scotland.
Commentary.
We set off from the “Old Inn,” at Charlestown in Flowerdale as late as 20:30.
It had been a glorious day in North-West Scotland.
We anticipated that in about an hour we could still enjoy the dying embers of a superb West Coast sunset.
We aimed for An Groban, an inland hill about two miles up Flowerdale.
At near to 21:30 we scaled the summit and this was the view that we enjoyed.
Visible is the whole of Gairloch Bay and the Trotternish Peninsula on the Island of Skye, on the left,
Longa Island, is right of centre and on the horizon, the Outer Hebrides, 40-60 miles distant.
Plum and orange clouds, a partially lilac sea, yellow and gold horizon and silhouetted rapier-like headlands are typical of West Coast sunsets.
They are stunningly beautiful and quite unforgettable.