Fingal's Cave
The Isle of Staffa
The climb from the boat
Some Puffins came to meet me
Difficult to believe that these strange shaped rocks have occured naturally
Our BoatMonday, 18th June
My favourite day: I met the puffins. Met really applying here as they settled very close - just a couple of feet from me. Apparently they like it when humans arrive because we keep the Black Back Gulls away, enabling the puffins to come in to land for a while. We also saw some wild dolphins, which I found very moving. Lovely to see them swimming around like this (so much better than seeing them held captive at The Animal Kingdom in Florida, whic was where I last saw them). We also saw a mother seal and her pup on the way.
The cave was pretty spectacular also - we got to walk right inside it. Even more spectacular when you think that this and the Devil's Causeway in Ireland are the only two places in the world where rock formations like this can be seen.
I enjoyed the actual boat ride. We sat right at the back up near the edge. I had to hold on to the side with one hand and Marcus on the other as we rocked from side to side - great fun!
posted by Brina Katz at 7:38 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Brina,
I thought those photos were the Devil’s Causeway at first – I didn’t even realize there were similar rock formations off the west coast of Scotland – I guess they were joined once upon a time. I’ve seen the Devil’s Causeway, and it does seem extraordinary, I’ll add the Isle of Staffa to my list of places to go.
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