Day one of dry-stane-dyking course/volunteer labour on Iona yesterday: repairing/rebuilding an existing wall at Maol croft. Really useful and interesting day.
The local glacial debris of granite and gneiss makes for very hard and irregular stones, but they are all we have to work with!
Three more days later this week , and weather should be much better.... π
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Foxgloves and Stone
The bright purple foxgloves inject a sharp burst of summer colour into this view of Roseberry Topping, the conical shape of which remains instantly recognisable even from its backside. The rough dry-stone wall that cuts across the scene, adds texture and, for me, some interest.
Yesterday I was out on the coast with the National T ...
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