Green Foxy's summer 172

Gotland trip
part 5

2017

Raukar, high cliff viewpoint,
ship tumulus, fishing village,

2017-08-18. Me and raukar in the background
2017-08-18. There was hard wind and we had to climb up and down on a hill.
2017-08-18. The place is a nature reserve.
2017-08-18. A rauk is an abrasion-shaped rock, a geological weathering phenomenon that is formed when relatively softer rocks at beaches are eroded by the surrounding sea and a harder limestone core remains.
2017-08-18. This one looks like a face.
2017-08-18. Unfortunately there were dark clouds, so the pictures went out grey. But it was interesting to see this.
2017-08-18. Ove by a rauk.
2017-08-18. Ove taking pictures.
2017-08-18. Me in the nature reserve.
2017-08-18. Ove on the beach.
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2017-08-18. Ove looking at the landscape.
2017-08-18. View over the nature reserve.
2017-08-18. This beach is not sand. It's grit and small stones.
2017-08-18. The fanny faced rauk.
2017-08-18. The vegetation is low.
2017-08-18. There are low bushes with needles. The vegetation is windswept.
2017-08-18. Raukar. It looks like they are walking on the beach.
2017-08-18. Raukar
2017-08-18. A rauk.
2017-08-18. Windswept vegetation.
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2017-08-18. Raukar.
2017-08-18. Me in the barren landscape.
2017-08-18. Me holding a little rauk.

A view point

2017-08-19. This is a view point named Högklinten. There was hard wind. I was glad to have my walking poles.
2017-08-19. Högklinten is a cliff tip on Gotland's west coast, about seven kilometres southwest of Visby
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2017-08-19. View from Högklinten over Visby.
2017-08-19. It was real exciting to see this.

Ship tumulus

2017-08-19. Me in the woods by a ship tumulus.
2017-08-19. It was interesting to see this.
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2017-08-19. Ove taking pictures.
2017-08-19. Ove reading on the notice board about the ship tumulus.
2017-08-19. Me in the woods.
2017-08-19. I love trees.

Gnisvärd fiskeläga (fishing village)

2017-08-19. Me by the sea. Also here it was very windy.
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2017-08-19. There is a harbour for small boats.
2017-08-19. The fishing village.
2017-08-19. This were poles for hanging up the fishing-net.
2017-08-19. The could dry the nets on these poles.
2017-08-19. The sea.
2017-08-19. The sea and the stone beach.
2017-08-19. Boat houses.
2017-08-19. Cikoria.
2017-08-19. Cikoria.
2017-08-19. A chapel in the fishing village.
2017-08-19. Inside the chapel.
2017-08-19. Window inside the chapel.
2017-08-19. A big key on the chapel door.
2017-08-19. Much waves in the sea.
2017-08-19. Ove by the sea.

Photo: Wilhelmina and Ove Schedin

Wilhelmina Schedin 2017-10-01