Musing With Martin
The young guy interviewed at the beginning of the video is the seventeen year old Martin, serving my 1st of two contracts with Mike Hoare’s 5 commando in 1964. A very serious university of life from which I learned a great deal.
The ruined Castle Tioram (pronounced Cheerum) is sited on the rocky tidal island Eilean Tioram (the Dry Island) where the waters of Loch Moidart & the River Shiel meet. Though hidden from the sea, the castle controls access to Loch Shiel. It commanded the water routes from loch Shiel east to Loch Sunart and northeast to …
BayMacNeill on the far west of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the western highlands of Scotland.
Loch Linnhe is the gateway to the great glen. It is where the gaels, called the Scoti by the Romans, created the kingdom of Dál Riata in the western highlands of Scotland, to which I feel very connected. The kingdom reached its height under the rule of my 44th grandfather Áedán mac Gabráin (r. 574–608). This shot was …
Readying to go from Durban out into the Indian ocean and adventure.
Happy memories of our dear dog Winnie on a stunning early morning in our tropical garden in Durban, South Africa.