Wednesday, October 22, 2008

South Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland



Many of the smaller islands are joined by causeways. Unfortunately we didn't get to see any otters crossing but we did see a few seals in the kelp beds.

Even the poor sheep were finding the cold and wind difficult to cope with and found shelter where ever they could. There are several knitwear factories that make the famous tweed wool cloth from these sheep. These horned sheep have right of way on the roads here.


South Harris is the rockiest place I have ever seen so there were not many places where peat could be harvested but there were many pools and lakes amongst the rooks.

This Highland cow found the grass around our camp spot delicious and came back several times to see us.


It was hard to make out the houses in the rocks as they just blended into the rocks.