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Monday 19 JulyRaasay Iron Ore MineA lovely walk with a bit of Industrial Archeology added! Click on the photographs to see a larger image and use the arrows at the left and right of the larger images to scroll through them: |
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| The Google map from my phone - the straight section is the old narrow-gauge railway line from the iron-ore mine to the harbour | Dr Johnson and his friend James Boswell visited Raasay in 1773 | |
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| What's making John look so happy? | A baby robin - red breast feathers develop later in the year | |
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| Mossy woods | ||
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| What's making John happy? | The world's first caterpillar digger, imported from the USA in 1917 | |
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| The pier, used to transfer the iron-ore to ships. Many of the miners were German POWs | ||
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| A Scottish thistle | What's making John happy? | |
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| The remains of a bridge that carried the narrow-gauge railway from the iron-ore mine to the harbour | ||
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| The views are wonderful! | ||
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| An oyster-catcher | Not sure? | |
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| The Raasay distillery | ||
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| A rabbit - there were always a lot by Raasay house in the evening | Wooden apples | |
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| The Walled Garden, just behind Raasay House | ||
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| A bee on a flower in the Walled Garden | Another flower | |
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