2014

NM2919 : Heading for Traigh Gheal past Rubha Calachain

taken 10 years ago, near to Fidden, Isle of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

Heading for Traigh Gheal past Rubha Calachain
Heading for Traigh Gheal past Rubha Calachain
Rounding the southern end of Erraid on an evening paddle, heading for Traigh Gheal - a fantastic beach with almost no plastic debris despite facing south into the weather. The jointed Ross of Mull granite, of Devonian age, intruded towards the end of the Caledonian orogeny, offers easy rock-hopping opportunities in the very minimal swell we experienced on this trip and weathers to a clean white sand in the shallower inlets like this one. Sea kayak is by far the best way to visit these isolated beaches, as crossing the island involves bog, midges and a certain amount of fighting with willow scrub, as we found when we tried to cross the area to the left of this photo to get to the top of an impressive geo we'd found from below.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Sport, Leisure Islands Estuary, Marine Rocks, Scree, Cliffs Category: Coast Sea Kayaking Category: Sea kayaking other tags: Granite Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Traigh Gheal on Erraid [3] · Crossing [2] · Weather [2] · White Sand [2] ·
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NM2919, 7 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andy Waddington   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 27 May, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 3 June, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 294 193 [100m precision]
WGS84: 56:17.3229N 6:22.4710W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 2914 1905
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (Fourth Visitor for NM2919) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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