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As I approached Applecross the first image that caught my eye were these shapes left in the sand in Applecross Bay by the retreating tide. Actually this is just part of the whole. I spent a long time choosing through the viewfinder the arrangement that pleased my eye. I zoomed in and out, panning the entire bay to find the pattern that delighted me most.
I eventually settled on two different compositions. Because the above is the one that pleases me most it is the first to be put on my website. I will add the other one at a later date and will no doubt find that some people will prefer it.
The image above is reproduced at too small a scale to see that within each of the dunes there are thousands of ripples in the sand created by the receding tide.
North-west Highland Place Names
The landscape of the North-west Highlands and the Gaelic language are intimately connected. Other languages have contributed to the richness of our place names, notably Norse, but the North-west Highlands have for centuries been a Gaelic landscape. In listing the meanings of place names I have relied on authoritative sources wherever possible. For further information about sources please refer to North-west Highland Place Names in the main menu.
Applecross; For a full explanation of the origin of this name the reader is referred to Professor Watson’s excellent book – click ‘North-west Highland Place Names’ in the main menu for further information. Summing up his comments it appears that the name means the ‘estuary of the Crosan’ which is the river (Abhain Crosan) that flows into Applecross Bay. The word Crosan is of uncertain origin but is assumed to be Pictish, meaning unknown.
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