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This was taken on one of the many beautiful beaches of Sutherland in Scotland looking North along the coast on the B869 at Clashnessie.

The township (the old Scottish term for a crofting village) is scattered around the sandy beach of Clashnessie Bay and derives its name from the Gaelic clais an easaidh, meaning glen (clais) of the (an) waterfall (easaidh), referring to the waterfall at the head of the shallow glen in which most of the houses stand. Although 100 miles (160 km) north of Inverness, the village's micro-climate is generally mild, due to the closeness to the Atlantic Ocean Gulf Stream.

Today Clashnessie has just fourteen houses distributed widely over roughly a square mile area. Three of these houses, however, are of recent construction. With the arrival of broadband in the village cyber-crofting has recently become more feasible, adding to the long-term viability of the township.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clashnessie