The clouds and the currents appear to be turning in unison here at Stroma (from the Old Norse Straumey - the Island in the Stream) off Caithness. Take a closer, moving look at the whirlpool, The Swilkie, which, according to tradition, derives from the Viking sea king, Mysing, continuing to operate a submerged millstone to produce salt for the sea.
Scottish Islands Explorer - produced on land from turning presses
A group of 14 of us returned from Muckle Skerry in a small fishing boat in the Pentland Forth to South Ronaldsay when the tide began its swirling motion. Didn't get too rough but glad to have got back on terra firma.
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