Carn na Drochaide
Well known Scottish mountaineer Hamish Brown wrote that Corbetts tend to make better viewpoints than Munros because of their lesser height. For those unfamiliar with this terminology, a Corbett is any individual Scottish hill with a height of between 2500 and 2999.99 feet and a separation of at least 500 vertical feet from any surrounding…
St. Cyrus
Some of my photographer friends will only shoot landscapes when the light conditions are optimum, usually meaning sunrise and sunset, especially during the summer months. Being a lazy devil I just go out when the mood takes me and besides, much as I enjoy sunrise and sunset light I feel that limiting myself to those…
Lunan Bay After Lockdown
It was good to get back to this local and very popular beauty spot this morning. The car park has been open now for a few days after being closed for 3 months due to covid-19. This didn’t keep folk away of course; I had a chat with two local women out walking their dogs…
Rain, Five Mile Limits And Eagles
After a very wet winter here in North East Scotland we have recently gone through a period of dryness. Notice I don’t say unprecedented as, frankly, there is enough inaccurate sensationalism in the mainstream media about everything, especially weather. No, it was just a few wet months followed by a few dry months. Move along…