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Lunnika-Horo In reply to merearthling [2018-10-01 17:02:07 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh I just imagine it, but I wonder!!!! Think in real it was awesome!!! ))  Are stream and waterfals are big, with names? Or it is small?

*And sorry for so late reply

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merearthling In reply to Lunnika-Horo [2018-10-01 19:43:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much Lunnika you have reminded me of the wonderful sight of two pied wagtails catching food for the young in early summer yes the stream and waterfalls are called 'Hakons burn' .. a burn is a stream and King Hakon was of Norway in 11th 12th centuries and invaded north east Scotland also tried to invade south west coast of Scotland at battle of Largs  but retreated calling here for water on the way to the Orkney Islands where he was murdered by a cousin or half brother ... so the stream is called after him 

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Lunnika-Horo In reply to merearthling [2018-10-02 14:28:52 +0000 UTC]

Ohh what a story! o.o

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merearthling In reply to Lunnika-Horo [2018-10-07 15:26:40 +0000 UTC]

yes the story is part of the Icelandic or norse sagas also here as hearsay oral history where Hakons men were defeated in a skirmish trying to obtain water ... but in real history a Viking burial was found here at the end of the second beach at Balnakeil which is two miles long ... uncovered by a storm with bones and sword/shield  other equipments for a norse burial ... I don't know more as a museums rescue team will have taken and stored it somewhere not local  

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Lunnika-Horo In reply to herofan135 [2016-06-15 16:15:52 +0000 UTC]

=^_^= Thank you!

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