So today we bussed it down to the neighbouring village of Northton. Only took 5 minutes really. There is someone who likes baking and because the supermarket is far away, he or she bakes a few delicious things every day and sells them in a little stall with a "honesty box" in which you deposit your money. How awesome!
Even more awesome is when you open the box and the smell of warm, freshly baked bread jumps at you. Yumm!
We saw donkeys!
Then we set off on foot to a little chapel on the South side of the hill called the "
Northton chapel".
Surprise, surprise! When we came atop the hill in front of us we found one of the most stunning beaches I'd ever seen!
The walk continued and we soon discovered the little chapel in the distance.
And then there was an even more stunning beach! I knew I had to go for a swim here but I wanted to make photos of the chapel first, just incase the weather would turn on us.
The beach with the chapel in the background.
Getting closer...
And closer...
And there it was. All by itself. It's been there since the 15th - 16th century so it's between 400-600 years old.
The chapel is built on top of remains of an iron age broch which was about 2000 years old.
They probably re-used the broch's stones to build the chapel. This site, close to the village of Northton also has signs of occupation by people from about 9000 years ago. Unreal.
After walking around the chapel we went to the middle beach where Marjolein could look for pebbles. She made a little stone circle :-)
... and I went for a swim! The water was freezing but I was in for a good 20 minutes, it was wonderful!
OK, one more beach shot :-)
With so many sheep around, you're bound to run into remains.
But, back to the live ones!
We also ran in to a sheering station.
Pretty cool to see.
Wool, anyone?
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