Lighthouse, lights & Foghorns

Usually known as Tobermory Lighthouse, Isle of Mull, The 19m lighthouse was built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson. Large please Image taken from the Tobermory to Kilchoan Ferry My link for the Sight and Sound Group, Lighthouse by James Taylor www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwo9nzdaFfA

A section of the Skye bridge with an unknown sailing boat and the Eilean Ban Lighthouse. Thanks to Fratton Parker for the likely id of the boat as "Birthe Marie" " www.classicboat.co.uk/articles/restoration-of-the-year-2011-our-shortlist " The Red Cuillin hills on the Isle of Skye in the far distance. Large for Detail My link for the Sight and Sound group, Sail away www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkB5bM_54sc

At the western end of the Crinan Canal this light marks the entrance to sea lock from the Sound of Jura, Large please for detail. Link for Sight and Sound, Ocean Drive, Lighthouse Family, www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsLDB2rcHpw

The white light from this lighthouse has a range of 8 nautical miles while the red and white light on the left is on the end of Kerrera island and if viewed large the Isle of Lismore lighthouse can be seen just in front of the Calmac ferry "Isle of Mull" as it turns to enter Oban Bay. The Island of Mull forms a backdrop on the left with the Isle Lismore on the right and beyond that the Ardnamurchan peninsula. On black please, Link for Sight and Sound group www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvYnA8uTJD8

Bass Rock sitting in the Firth of Forth is home to around 150,000 Gannets plus guillemot, razorbill, cormorant, puffin and the odd gull or two, The Bass Rock Lighthouse is 46 meters high has a range of 10 nautical miles and was first lit in November 1902, The remains of the chapel can be seen mid rock if viewed large, Please view large and see pip. More information on Bass Rock en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Rock

The lower lighthouse on the shores of Bridgwater Bay at Burnham On Sea, The light is needed to keep vessels away from the Gore Sands which has claimed many ships and where wrecks are often exposed at low tides, The town including the shortest pier in the country can be seen in the distance, Large please. Link for Sight and Sound, Chris Rea, On the Beach, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X0FjlybCqs

It's late September as the afternoon mist settles over the water and a lone yacht passes the Davaar Island Lighthouse leaving Cambeltown Loch behind as it prepares to enter the Kilbrannan Sound Large may be better for detail

Lower Lighthouse on a cold miserable winter day at the Bristol Channel coast resort.

Records show this to be the windiest place in the UK. Look West from here and there's nothing between you and Northern Canada; look north and it's open ocean all the way to the Arctic. The Lighthouse stands 121ft high and was built between 1859 and 1862 by David and Thomas Stevenson, The Butt of Lewis latitude 58°30.940'N and Longitude 006°15.717'W with a flashing white light every 5 seconds and a range of 25 nautical miles.. Pip showing rocks below the lighthouse on a calm day, Large for detail.