Showing posts with label a isle of arran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a isle of arran. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 October 2016

MACHRIE MOOR & STANDING STONES

another area of isle of arran which is very much worth exploring is machrie moor. located at the west side of the island is easily overlooked, the nearby king's cave gets all the attention. 
there is a small car park off A841, not too far north from cairnfield farm (hidden behind a hedge). 
the place is quite quiet, but there is a good path (mostly occupied by resting sheep) and several stances of ancient monoliths are located along it. 
if you're lucky to have your bike with you and are keen on exploring the area please see below the cycle route around machrie moors. these are minor roads and good for cycling, not much traffic. we loved cycling there :)

the path via moorland, passing the standing stones would be suitable for mountain bikes

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kolejny zakatek wyspy arran, ktory polecamy goraco odwiedzic to wrzosowisko machrie moor. znajduje sie w zachodniej czesci wyspy i jest moze mniej odwiedzane niz pobliska jaskinia king's cave, ale warto sie tam wybrac.
przy drodze A841 (niedaleko na polnoc od cairnfield farm) znajduje sie maly parking (za zywoplotem) , z niego biegnie sciezka wiodaca przez wrzosowisko i 'zawijajaca' do kilku stancji prehistorycznych monolitow, kregow kamiennych.
jesli zwiedzasz wyspe arran na rowerze - pomysl o ponizszej trasie, ktora 'objezdza' wrzosowisko dookola, jest bardzo malownicza. trasa biegnie malymi drogami, nie ma tu duzego ruchu, nam jezdzilo sie wspaniale :) 




our cycling route around machrie moor, starting from bridge end campsite
nasza trasa dookola wrzosowiska, zaczynajaca sie w tym wypadku z kampingu bridge end




let's explore!   /   zobaczmy co my tu mamy... 



track from the car park is very popular with sheep :)
owce bardzo lubia ta siezke :)



machrie moor :)



there are several standing stone rings, some rather smallish, some quite impressive
znajduje sie tu kilka kamiennych kregow, niektore dosc male, inne robia niezle wrazenie..



the first large monolith we saw was a single stone
pierwszy wielki blok kamienny, pojedynczy



but we could already see more stones, nearby
ale w oddali widac juz kolejne kregi




this one was quite impressive
ten calkiem fajny




oh, dont you just love them?!
i jak tu ich nie lubic?!




one happy girl :)     /       zadowolona :) lubie takie rzeczy :) 













another, smaller ring   /   nastepny, mniejszy krag



and another one  /  i kolejny







.. and another!   /  i kolejny!











(with goatfell, in the distance)
a w oddali -goatfell





























oh, and another one :)
no i jeszcze jeden!































the path also passes some 'random' monoliths, if you look closely you'll see some more single standing stones in this area

w okolicy znajduje sie jeszcze kilka pojedynczych glazow, jak dobrze popatrzec to kilka z nich widac ze sciezki 



Tuesday, 18 October 2016

ISLE OF ARRAN - the southern part

small selection of photos from other parts of arran
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kilka fotek z innych czesci wyspy arran




before the crossing to arran from ardrossan
czekamy na prom na arran, w ardrossan




arran mountains on the horizon! actually you can see them from well inland too

widac juz gory arranu na horyzoncie! prawde mowiac to doskonale je widac z drogi na arran, 20 min przed ardrossan








tall bracken!   /  wysokie paprocie



bridge end campsite



view to brodick from brodick castle grounds
widok na brodick z ogrodow zamku brodick




beach / plaza      @ brodick




goatfell        from ferry  / z promu




brodick



goatfell



south of blackwaterfoot
chwile na poludnie od blackwaterfoot







pladda 



pladda & ailsa craig



whiting bay



holy island



whiting beach



brodick castle grounds







brodick castle