The Butt of Lewis
Arriving at the Butt of Lewis (or less amusingly in Gaelic, Rubha Robhanis) provides a small sense of achievement for the cyclist who has come all the way from Bagh a'Deas, Bhatersaidh.
It is the end of a long dead-end road, with people watching intently as you ride past the strip villages, Barabhas being the most characteristic. As this is a dead end road, nobody comes up here without coming back, and the locals want to check you out.
Seacliffs at the Butt of Lewis:
With a strong headwind in prospect, we didn't want to cycle all the way back to Stornoway, so took the bus from Eoropaidh. The buses in the Western Isles have space for a few bikes, a great improvement on public transport on the mainland. We waited for the bus on the superlative beach, half a kilometre of dunes leading to pristine honey-coloured sands, the surf crashing in and gulls feeding at the tide line.
Traigh Shanndaidh, Eoropaidh:
It is the end of a long dead-end road, with people watching intently as you ride past the strip villages, Barabhas being the most characteristic. As this is a dead end road, nobody comes up here without coming back, and the locals want to check you out.
Seacliffs at the Butt of Lewis:
With a strong headwind in prospect, we didn't want to cycle all the way back to Stornoway, so took the bus from Eoropaidh. The buses in the Western Isles have space for a few bikes, a great improvement on public transport on the mainland. We waited for the bus on the superlative beach, half a kilometre of dunes leading to pristine honey-coloured sands, the surf crashing in and gulls feeding at the tide line.
Traigh Shanndaidh, Eoropaidh:
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Seen the cock of Arran?
The road sign is in Gaelic - Rubha Robhanis. Very disappointing. But there is a shop nearby with a sign 'Butt View Stores'
>>Seen the cock of Arran?
I don't frequent your kind of clubs...
Got any photos? You should do a post of funny names - like twatt and thre ardgay filling station etc.
Maybe one day I'll grow up, but till then, I still regret my camera not working then I stumbled upon the Jobbi clinic in Tanzania
It's interesting that everyone that I've met who's been to Stornaway has found it disappointing.
The rest of Lewis is fine.
I was speaking to this guy who was telling me about the moth that had eaten most of the trees on the island.
"Must have been a big one, eh?"
I said.
He looked at me as if I was fucking stupid.
Islanders.
Rune - Stornoway isn't that great, you're right. I thought it was the wind that got all the trees?
[img src="http://www.hootsmon.com/images/twatt.jpg" /]
Go on, post the twatt church - go on go on go on.
I actually use that as an avatar.