On Great Bernera

 

Yes, Great Bernera was great.

 

OK, the weather was grey, but what a delightful beach.

For one member of the party the call of the water was too much and they waded out.

 

They swam. A small dog, on the beach, thought this was great fun.

 

The flora ran right down to the beach – but just what was that strange bell like structure on a tripod on a rock at the right?

 

It was a goodly distance away so my close up is ‘through the binoculars’. But as to what it was, we just didn’t know. But of course, we do now. It is part of an art installation.

 

The Time and Tide Bell - Bosta - Bernera
Isle of Lewis - Western Isles

Sculptor - Marcus Vergette
The Time and Tide bell is the idea of Marcus Vergette a sculptor, film-maker, composer and working musician playing double bass. There are to be installations of around 12 time and tide bells to be situated around the coast of Great Britain. Bosta beach has been chosen to take part in this unique creation of art that will also serve for data recording. 

The idea of the Time and Tide Bell is to create, celebrate, and reinforce connections, between different parts of the country, between the land and the sea, between the community and their environment.

 

At http://www.appledorearts.org/timeandtide.htm you have a chance to hear one of the bells. We didn’t hear the one on Great Bernera. The tide was too low for it to be sounding.

 

A truly delightful beach but for us it was time for a walk.

 

Iron age homes have been found at Bosta on Great Bernera, and at the head of the beach there was a reconstruction of an Iron Age house. Let’s go!