tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post3016468163542115106..comments2024-03-18T10:40:00.766+00:00Comments on A Kilchoan Diary: Sgeir HorsgateJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-14283251743365713972015-09-17T13:38:21.558+01:002015-09-17T13:38:21.558+01:00Indeed, Bill is correct; The process of post-glaci...Indeed, Bill is correct; The process of post-glacial rebound sees a tilt axis from Humber to Pembroke where northern Scotland is rising at 1mm per year and southern England is sinking at 0.5mm per year.Derryck Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00351680886475749476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-25996365622253137462015-09-17T12:26:21.676+01:002015-09-17T12:26:21.676+01:00If Billy is right, that would explain why the wate...If Billy is right, that would explain why the water seems to come further up my legs now when I have a paddle at Southend!<br />Peter C Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-56490213309196784812015-09-17T00:10:28.684+01:002015-09-17T00:10:28.684+01:00 I believe the west, and north coast of Scotland i... I believe the west, and north coast of Scotland is rising, as the east coast of England drops.A shallow lochan could silt up and become dry over a period of 200 years, This is only an unqualified observation.Billy Williamsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-31066580480527719012015-09-16T23:16:45.124+01:002015-09-16T23:16:45.124+01:00my kids named it submarine rock! From Portuairk, ...my kids named it submarine rock! From Portuairk, depending on the tide, they thought it looked the conning tower of a sub!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-48352981869368972122015-09-16T21:57:11.629+01:002015-09-16T21:57:11.629+01:00I wonder what happened to Lochan na Bo Glaise. It ...I wonder what happened to Lochan na Bo Glaise. It was there on the 1872 map. Is it where you walk to the beach now from the car park at Sanna - there's a flat area with a burn and you walk on a narrow path around the edge. Maybe it was deliberately drained away? Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703276487457158219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-49271133574699219792015-09-16T21:55:36.515+01:002015-09-16T21:55:36.515+01:00It has always been called Coiresgeir in my life t...It has always been called Coiresgeir in my life time and was referred to in nautical charts by that name ,visitors arrive here and suddenly they invent their own names which I put down to sheer ignorance some of the names they come up with one would think we were living in the Caribbean !! wonder what they will rename Bo Sron GarbhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com