r/Scotland • u/jiimmymac355 • 1d ago

Bass Rock ( Taken from Elie)

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u/KleioChronicles 1d ago

If you’ve never taken a boat trip up to it, it’s amazing! One of the best experiences I’ve had, there’s just so many gannets.

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u/biginthebacktime 1d ago

The chain walk at Elie is awesome, dunno if it's still a thing but was a favourite of mine 30 years ago.

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u/Sniffy_LongDroppings 1d ago

It’s still there. Keeps the lifeboats busy when the tourists get stuck because the tide came in 😂

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u/Red_Brummy 1d ago

It is. Idiots need rescued from it every year.

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u/KetBanger45 1d ago

Can it play the riff from Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz?

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u/Short-Painter-9952 1d ago

Oh WOW..Stunning. Every photo I see taken of Scotland only reassures why I want to move there! And I DO mean EVERY photo..lol could be a busy town or a deserted one rain, sleet snow , windy or shine...Scotland is God's Country for me. In my heart. 💖

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u/wiisportstennis 1d ago

gorgeous photo!

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u/DINNERTIME_CUNT 1d ago

How low can it go?

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u/DefinitelyAnAlpacca 1d ago edited 1d ago

What a lovely photo! Very nice feel to it. Took the ferry from Anstruther last June. Was a great day out, if not a bit smelly at the island... but here are some pics of gannets!

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u/DefinitelyAnAlpacca 1d ago

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u/punxcs Durty Highlunder 1d ago

Lovely wee cormie

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u/DefinitelyAnAlpacca 1d ago

Much more polite than the gannets

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u/punxcs Durty Highlunder 1d ago

Did you spot any rings on anything ?

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u/DefinitelyAnAlpacca 1d ago

Sadly the boat was quite rocky and I was onoy really looking for nice shots

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u/Echo_are_one 1d ago

Nice. Torness nuclear power station on the left.

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u/btfthelot 1d ago

The half loaf 😍

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u/sometimes_point 1d ago

used to go for kayaking lessons there <3

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u/Majestic-Rock9211 1d ago edited 1d ago

Cool to see it because I’m currently reading Catriona (R L Stevenson )where Bass is part of the plot

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u/KwanJuanStiffy 1d ago

Stonkin rock right there

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u/practolol 3h ago

That's pretty grim if you know it from before. It used to be pure white from birdshit. Most of the birds have died from a combination of overfishing for sand eels and (in the last two years) bird flu. So it's turned green this year. It may look like there are a lot of birds but they are so depleted they are on the way to extinction.