Friday, August 15, 2014

Loch Ryan Coast Path-20th July 2014

A bit of a dull start, but we parked at the picnic site beside Loch Ryan by the Stena terminal and headed up the hill, following the Loch Ryan Coast Path.

1-toawards-loch-ryan

A dull looking Loch Ryan

2-Stena

Stena ferry

3-loch-ryan-sign

Wartime history

4-Stena

Stena port

5-red-tailed-bumblebee

Red-tailed bumblebee

6-small-tortoiseshell

Small tortoiseshell

7-meadow-pipit

Meadow Pipit

8-harebell

Harebells

9-sign

More history

10-ferry

P&O Ferry

11 Loch-Ryan-panorama

Loch Ryan Panorama, click to see larger.

11-n-rhins

The North Rhins

12 mouth-of-loch-ryan

Mouth of Loch Ryan

13-loch-ryan

Sea of thistles

14-wasp

Wasp

16-sheep

Disturbed this sheep in the old wartime buildings at the top of the hill

17-sheep

 

18-view

Late in the day so its time to turn back

19-loch-ryan

At least the sun has come out and Loch Ryan now looking blue.

20-track

 

21-tree

Wind battered tree

22-ringlet

Tatty Ringlet

23-loch-ryan

 

24-loch-ryan

 

25-common-carpet

Common Caroet

26-Magpie-Moth

Magpie moth

27-rook

Rook waiting for us back at the car park

28-Stena

Stena terminal

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