I've borrowed a "bridge" camera from
Mr Tense Towers. A "bridge" camera, for those that are wondering, is a bit of a hybrid, it's "better" than a small compact camera, but not quite as versatile as a SLR camera. Having said that, I had an SLR Olympus OM-10 back in the 1980s and got fed up lugging a camera bag full of lenses around. So I like the lightness of a bridge camera, with some buttons to play with to take a range of photos, zooming and and macro. Not as great as swapping lenses, but a much lighter camerabag!
Anyway, I was out on the shore a couple of weeks ago at the end of October and used the opportunity to take some snaps. These are all on "authomatic" at the moment.....
The old "Lighthouse pier" at Sandside
Looking over to Garson....
Coastal erosion.... year on year the sea claws back the land....
The old reaper/binder tettering on the edge!
Looking over to Stromness
Ahem, Madam Button!
Looking across Graemsay to Hoy
Button considering going paddling.....
The community hall in the foreground and the old school up the hill in the background. The dark Hoy Hills as a backdrop....
The seaweend in a bank along the shore after a storm the week before
Neither Button nor I like walking on seaweed, too slippery - so we always head back once we reach the bank
Kye (cattle) up on the hill
AAAAGGGGHHH! Don't look down! Life on the edge with Button....
Rooftops...and a lighthouse....
And sunrise on the Hoy Hills (about 07:53 in the morning)
And sunset... (about 15:57)
And the moon hiding behind a cloud (she's shy...)
Hope you enjoyed the wander around Sandside and environs!