5am and feeling a bit sleepy being up all night but im parked in front of a 2 mile beach just North of the N.E Coastal Town of Wick, hard to resist going for a ride...
It is here that the WW2 `Coastal Crust` Defences start and can be followed all the way down to Northumberland in England and beyond,
Hundreds of thousands of tons of Concrete Anti Invasion blocks and small pyramids (called dragons teeth) in lines were built to slow the expected invading Tanks and landing vehicles...
There was a sea mist drifing in and out and glowed red in the sunrise, very scenic...
Out of the mist appeared raised rail tracks running into the Sea, a strange barge thing sat on the rails, it was an Oil pipeline being constructed, i would pass over the pipeline later driving south...
Steep dunes loomed out of the mist that rolled in...
Offshore is a large boiler from a wrecked ship, be good to see more of the ship at a low tide...
I often come across things folk make out of stuff washed up on the beach- beach art, and this is one of the coolist things i have seen made, a glove tree!...
End of the beach at Ackergill Tower...
Next years holiday will be exploring a lot more of the East Coast, including a lot more beaches and WW2 stuff like the old WW2 Coastal Command RAF station south of here at Tain...
And i will definitly be visiting here!...
Time to head south for home but one last place to visit on the way which has a very famous red phone box...
Aaaaaackerrrrrrrgil Towrr as the locals say. My mate Ferg stays in the Ackergill/Nybster ares, he has explored the area properly. I'll ask him for any secret places he knows of.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. Will have to see your bike in more detail. Just landed at your blog via the accidental hermit, a favorite. A 30 year bike mechanic, scots heritage, always mad about bikes, that'll never change. Your photos will make me want to visit the 'old country.'
ReplyDeletemike; i will speak to you next visit about the WW2 defence stuff i was told about at the coast there to go explore,maybe ferg knows about it,
ReplyDeleteeileen a. brodie; hi and welcome along for the ride -:)
My partner's mum (a Wick native) is the artist who has done the glove sculpture. Alas it recently got ruined during a terrible storm in Caithness. I think she plans to rebuild it!
ReplyDeleteOne of the best bits of beach art i have seen China, i will be up the NE coast again this summer so will revisit!
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