to visitor numbers during the pandemic, the national trust have said this is a once—in—a—generation chance to change how they manage their tourism approach, to avoid what they call the pitfalls of over—tourism. they have begun spreading visitors out more throughout the day, to help make a more positive impact on the local area. its natural hexagonal columns stretching out to the sea are actually formed because of the way lava slowly cooled when it was created. but that's not the story that captures most people's imagination. so there was a irish giant called fionn mac cumhaill, who lived here with his wife 0ona and their son 0isin, and there's a scottish giant called benandonner who lives on the scottish island of staffa, one of the outer hebrides. the two of them get into an argument, hurling insults across the sea at each other, and eventually fionn decides he's had enough, he needs to go to staffa to put an end to it and challenge benandonner. but it is a well—known fact that giants don't like getting their feet wet, so so he decided to get up early the next morning and build a causeway