I’ve been watching the BBCs weather web site for a few days because tomorrow I’m taking the train up to Oban, then the ferry to Craignure, then cycling around Mull until Monday.
The weather here this week has been mostly torrential rain and very strong winds. And the forecast for Mull this weekend has been [...]

Well I’ve been self-employed for a year now, and I’ve finished my year-in-the-park photography project. Maybe it’s time to rename this journal.
Hopefully it’s not considered cheating if I go down to the park and take some more pictures, despite the year being over. I went down there this morning. The forget-me-nots are [...]

I’ve been reading Neil Gaiman’s Journal for quite a while. Longer than I’ve been reading his fiction, actually. He talks about his experience of writing and things relating to it in ways that I find both interesting and useful. After a while I read and enjoyed a few of his books, but [...]

Went up to Loch Ardinning today and took a long walk. I hope I never start to take for granted that I have such a beautiful place so near to the city!
Autumn is adding it’s colour to the landscape in a most wonderful way. And the land is being bountiful with blooming fungus. [...]

Not very exciting pictures…but I was up at Guidebest in the far northeast corner near Wick. One of the most northerly stone circles on the Scottish mainland. And one of the biggest. Except that the east arc has gone and the west arc is about to get washed away by the Burn [...]

One of the things we did last week was a trip to Housestead’s Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall. It gave Brian a chance to sample English pub food and see how it compared to the Scottish equivalent.
We had a great sky. Actually, we had the great sky!

Hadrian’s Wool?

Inchmahome is one of my favourite old religious places. It goes back to the 1200s when the Augustinians retreated here from the wicked ways of the world.
If you’re going to get away from the wicked things, you’re best advised to go somewhere as beautiful as this or you’d just never be able to get [...]

Inkcaps are blooming!

After taking Brian to the airport I still had a couple of days with the hire car. So I headed off up north to Sutherland and Caithness. Took lots of photos of stone circles and cairns and similar old toot.
The advantage of sleeping in the car is that the early light wakes me. [...]

Brian and I went down to the Necropolis tonight. Nice sky. Beautiful light. A rainbow. My guest has brought ideal photography weather with him.