Teampall Bhuirgh

The nearer boat had just come in after a trip out for crab and lobster.

White sand beach backed by dunes on the west coast of Benbecula. The mountains of South Uist are on the skyline. Link

Sandy bay backed by dunes on the west coast of Benbecula. Link

Castlebay boat, CY11, in the lee of the small jetty near Cuinabunag, Benbecula. In the middle distance are dunes on the Benbecula coast while in the far distance are the mountains of South Uist. Link

A small postbox at the western end of the Griminish road - there is another in the village itself. The box is emptied at 1:30 on weekday afternoons and at 9:15 on Saturday mornings.

Looking up the dunes.

A westerly wind was blowing sand up the dunes through saltation. The vegetation slows the wind, causing deposition of the sand in the dunes but they were already at the critical angle of repose for dry sand so it had to fall back down again in these mini 'sand avalanches'. These lobes were active, with frequent earth flows returning sand back down the face of the dunes. It is unusual for mass movement processes to occur with dry material, more normally the trigger for movement is water saturation reducing coherence or erosion removing removing the base rather than deposition increasing the angle. See NF7651 : Stinky Bay, Benbecula.

Farmland in south-east Benbecula.

At Borve, Benbecula.

Kelp covered beach on Benbecula, hence the name.