This isn’t particularly breaking news or anything, but I felt I was obliged to share with you this incredibly stupid information: tourists are hiking for kilometres on an island in northern Scotland to have a look at a chunk of driftwood vaguely shaped like a nude woman. Personally, I blame Brexit.
The statuesque piece of wood, located on the island of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, has been affectionally nicknamed The Lady of Balnahard. Apparently that’s a reference to its location on Balnahard Beach and not some kind of weird sexual pun, but whatever.
Here she is. Wow. You can really understand why a bunch of tourists would do a six kilometre round trek to pay tribute to this beauty.
Yes, that piece of seaweed has been strategically placed by someone who probably belongs in jail.
Local tour guide and bookshop owner Kevin Byrne, who posted the above picture, told the SWNS that the hike there is genuinely lovely:
It’s exactly as it was when it washed up, apart from a strategic piece of seaweed. We don’t actually know what type of wood it is but we presume it’s European. It’s quite heavy and took a couple of people to drag it to where it is. Most people wouldn’t know it’s there but it’s popped up neatly on the rocks. It is in a fairly remote part of Isle of Colonsay, a three-mile walk each way but through lovely terrain with magnificent views.
Amazing. Wonderful.
