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Rainbow over Staffin Bay. Isle of Skye

Rainbow over Staffin Bay. Isle of Skye
Staffin (Scottish Gaelic: Stafain) is a district with the Gaelic name An Taobh Sear, which translates as 'the East Side', on the northeast coast of the Trotternish peninsula of the island of Skye. It is located on the A855 road about 17 miles (27 km) north of Portree and is overlooked by the Trotternish Ridge with the famous rock formations of The Storrand the Quirang. The district comprises 23 townships made up of, from south to north, Rigg, Tote, Lealt, Lonfearn, Grealin, Breackry, Cul-nan-cnoc, Bhaltos, Raiseburgh, Ellishader, Garafad, Clachan, Garros, Marrishader, Maligar, Stenscholl, Brogaig, Sartle, Glasphein, Digg, Dunan, Flodigarry and Greap.

The Kilmartin River runs northwards through the village. From where it reaches the sea a rocky shore leads east to a slipway at An Corran. Here a local resident found a slab bearing a dinosaur track, probably made by a small ornithopod. Experts subsequently found more dinosaur prints of up to 50 cm, the largest found in Scotland, made by a creature similar to Megalosaurus. At about 160 million years old they are the youngest dinosaur remains to be found in Scotland.

A Mesolithic hunter-gatherer site dating to the 7th millennium BC at An Corran is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Scotland. Its occupation is probably linked to that of the rock shelter at Sand, Applecross on the coast of Wester Ross.

In the modern era this part of Skye retains a strong Gaelic identity with 61 per cent of the local population recorded as speaking the language in 2001. In September 2010,Comunn na Gàidhlig named Staffin as their "Gaelic Community of the Year", in the first year this competition has run.

In 2011 it was reported that Staffin Island may be the last in Scotland where the old tradition of having cattle swim between grazings is still carried out. Crofter Iain MacDonald, who used to swim with the animals, now uses a boat to encourage them to swim from Staffin Island to Skye in early spring and back again in October.

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 Majka
Majka
Fantastic image! Greetings, Majka:)
8 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Majka
Many thanks for the visit, kind comments and fav, much appreciated.
Best regards, Doug
8 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
I'm pretty sure I YS'd and commented on this yesterday! Or perhaps I'm going nuts!
Best wishes, Andy
8 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Many thanks for the 2nd visit, kind comments and fav, much appreciated.
Best regards, Doug
8 years ago.
 Cheryl Kelly (cher12861 on flickr)
Cheryl Kelly (cher12… club
Fantastic! So sorry about your pics being deleted but glad you still have them!
8 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Cheryl Kelly (cher12… club
Thanks for the visit Cheryl and kind comment. Been using computers for long enough to know to make backups, I even make backups of backups, Not that I don't trust computers you understand:)
All the best, Doug
8 years ago.
 Alan Drury
Alan Drury club
"Wow" Doug a great capture here got to be worth a YS .Best wishes Alan.
8 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Alan Drury club
Thank you for your kind comments and YS Alan, much appreciated.There were quite a few rainbows during our stay but this was by far the best.
All the best, Doug
8 years ago.
 tatranka7
tatranka7
Amazing moment...and shot...
8 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to tatranka7
Many thanks for your kind comments and fav tatranka7, much appreciated.
Best wishes, Doug
8 years ago.
 Adele
Adele club
"Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
Onward the sailors cry.
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye..."
Sorry Doug, I couldn't help singing...this was the first song I learnt when I was in Scotland!
Your image is simply wonderful, the only rainbow which I saw like this was in Connemara.
Congratulations for such an amazing capture!
Best wishes
Adele
7 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Adele club
Many thanks for your very kind comments and rendition of the Skye Boat Song! much appreciated. I must admit it is the best rainbow I have ever seen.

Best wishes, Doug
7 years ago.

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