Hassells in the Highlands

We were looking for something to do a couple of Sundays ago, so we decided to go to Shell Beach to look for Groatie Buckies. Whaaat?? What is a Groatie Buckie, you ask? The first time we heard that we thought for sure it was some of that Scottish talk – where if you just had subtitles, you would realize you understood every word, but without them it was like playing Mad Gab. A Groatie Buckie is a tiny seashell. It is about the size of your pinky fingernail and is light pink and white and shiny. They are hard to find. Mostly because they are so small. And because they are not found just anywhere. But of course, Mike found one without trying. On the same day that we went to Puffin Rock, our friends Dave and Leah took us over to a small beach that looks out at the Dounrey site. You might remember this beach from an early post that included a picture of the sign that says anything on that beach might be contaminated and there were two young people collecting whelks to sell to ...