Living in lockdown in remote and beautiful Ardnamurchan
In this sunny spring weather is a privilege.
Apr 262020
Apr 122020
The mountains of dragons and spears were dark and foreboding under storm filled clouds. Then the sky opened like heavens eye and – I saw the light. The Drakensberg Mountain Range includes the highest mountains in Southern Africa. The name means Dragon Mountains in Afrikaans and is called uKhahlamba in Zulu which means “barrier of spears”. Large […]
Apr 072020
Spent a wonderous day with friends and family in the southern drakensberg several years ago and caught part of the mountain range including the Rhino peaking out of the clouds. (: excuse the pun 🙂 Rhino Peak is 3051 meters high and is named after one of the most endangered species on the planet. The Drakensberg Mountain […]
Mar 282020
Rain is here at any time in Ardnamurchan then the sun – and then the clouds and then rain is here again.
Jan 112020
My dear wife Susan the photographer at work, taken by this photographer at work, at Loch Sunart on the Ardnamurchan peninsula – western highlands of Scotland.
Oct 102019
Summer evening nestling safely below the mountains of Morvern at loch Sunart after a day sailing amongst all this beauty.
Mar 292019
Through the mountains, to the far wild west of the highlands, runs the rail line to Mallaig, a gateway to the western isles. As it passes through the tunnels in these wild mountains, but before it runs along the loch that lies between them, a strange and little known event occurs. Yes, you will see […]
Nov 082018
We spent this stunning first day of winter taking unforgettable photos around where we live on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the western highlands of Scotland. We ended off with this golden sunset, taken from where Glenborrodale Castle looks out over loch Sunart.
Jun 232018
My wife Susan and I were walking high up on the mountain behind our house in Ardnamurchan. It is in the western highlands of Scotland, looking out over loch Sunart. We were checking our water supply, which is from a strong stream about half way up from the top. Nobody comes up here except for […]
Jun 232018
Loch Linnhe is the starting point of the great glen in Western Scotland which ends at loch Ness and Inverness. Loch Linnhe runs inland for miles from the open Atlantic ocean, past the isle of Mull and on to Fort Willam at the foot of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain. On route and […]
Apr 202018
The soft white sands of Sanna
Mar 302018
Morvern Scotland – Western highlands