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| Windiest Place In UK |
Hard to resist titling a blog, "Butt of Lewis." Well, it just so happens that is a real place, and we did visit. It is one of the more popular sights on the Isle of Lewis and Harris. It is the northernmost point of the island and of the Outer Hebrides. In one direction, it is a straight run to the Arctic and in another, nothing stands between the butt and the coast of Northern Canada. It is in the Guinness Book of Records for being the windiest place in the UK.
And, it is ruggedly scenic as can be (see photo). The Butt of Lewis is a collection of rocks and sea stacks with cliffs that rise almost 100 feet above the boiling sea below. The water smashes into the rocks and the wind howls across the cliff tops. The cliffs themselves have amazing folded structures and are covered in nesting sea birds, soaring high into the sky on the thermocline. A lighthouse marks the spot. Wild.
