Clouds Over Corpach

Scotland


Watch Your Step!! HFF!!

14 Jun 2015 69 102 844
Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway bathed in evening light. The steps in the rock with ho handrail made me think of the track 'Watch Your Step' by Anita Baker www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktwCxBr8u-Y I have also added 'Step by Step' by Alan Parsons Project www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-D53-OV1TA

Free to Roam and Miles From Home

28 Sep 2017 67 85 816
Highland cows on the road from Elgol, on Skye. By the look of the road behind them they have walked for miles. My link is therefore 'Miles From Our Home' by the Cowboy Junkies www.youtube.com/watch?v=agd6WaqMqd0 As they are free to roam I have also added 'Free' by the Zac Brown Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAuwqm0IjlA

Colours of A Cloudy Day HFF!

01 Oct 2016 41 30 638
Loch Tulla, Scottish Highlands. Clouds cover the top of the mountains. I have added Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer and 'The Colour of a Cloudy Day' www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyQo-BgMWSk

The Quiet Man. HFF!

24 Jun 2007 45 65 679
The statue by local sculptor Adam Brown stands looking out to sea at Port William and has a dedication to W H Davies' poem 'Leisure' " What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?—" The link is 'Stop and Stare' by One Republic www.youtube.com/watch?v=45hn-OcwMUE I have added a second link- 'We Have All The Time In The World' by Louis Armstrong, which seems to fit with the relaxed feel of the poem and this green man who has all the time in the world.. 'We have all, the time in the world Time enough for life To unfold....' www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMxRDTfzgpU For Sight and Sound

Lock 8 - HFF!

28 Jun 2018 39 61 519
Lock 8 on the Crinan Canal. HFF! This is a part of the Crinan Canal, - lock 8 of 15 along the 9 mile stretch of waterway. I have added 'Pieces of 8' by Styx as my very loose connection www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAJvZYr---Y and 'Crinan Canal' (John Grieve as Dan MacPhail from the 'Vital Spark) www.youtube.com/watch?v=osd8GSVDFB0&t=49s

Art by the Sea HFF

22 Jun 2018 49 65 453
High level fence from North Berwick this week

A place in the shade

24 Jun 2018 39 52 546
Just chilling. The link is John Denver's 'Cool an' Green an' Shady' www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZPGjcASUPQ

Abracadabra! PiP

16 Jun 2018 51 34 560
Smoke and Mirrors! That is what I thought of when I saw this scene. The two rainbow arches gave a mirror effect and the fluffy cloud across the top looked like a puff of smoke. I am therefore adding the track 'Abracadabra' by the Steve Miller Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcgr8j4TJoU For Sight and Sound Please view large

Headwind and Chains - HFF!

17 Jun 2018 42 65 448
End of the day and the boats have returned to Burnmouth Harbour. Fishermen's cottages at Partinghall, now mostly holiday lets, hug the cliffs in the background. Rusty chains secure the gap in the fence. I have added 'Chain' by Fleetwood Mac as my link. The song starts with the words 'Listen to the wind blow' and the little boat on the left is called 'Headwind' www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDG2m5hN1vo

Lighthouse and Dunollie Castle

27 Jun 2018 37 40 611
Lighthouse with Dunollie castle in the backgroud pictured on a hot Summer morning. I have added the link - 'One Fine Morning' by Lighthouse www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvVN_KRriTM

Happy Feet Friday! Feeling Good! HFF!

24 Jun 2018 56 75 585
Cooling down in the stream. HFF! I have added Michael Buble and 'Feeling Good' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edwsf-8F3sI and Rebecca Ferguson's version here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmf9jMIOFFo © Carol Perren 2018

Round Trip - Falkirk Wheel (PiP)

19 Jun 2018 33 33 508
The Falkirk Wheel in action. The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The PiP shows a boat emerging through the arch on the top level. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel

Bringing in the Boats

28 Jun 2018 28 29 531
Bringing the boats back in to shore - Crinan I have added the link 'Bring Me A Boat' by Kate Rusby www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj2i8KkrQU8 As a second link I have added 'In This Boat Alone' by Kenny Chesney www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXNOF93kj5g Sight and Sound

Troubled Past/Peaceful Present and a HFF!

22 Jun 2018 53 77 533
Dunbar Harbour, East Lothian, nestled at the foot of the Castle Dunbar ruins. In 1567 an Act of Parliament decreed that the castle should be destroyed following the Battle of Carberry Hill. It has been a ruin ever since then. As a nod to the history of the castle I have added 'War (No More Trouble) performed here by Playing for Change www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEECTfAWSLk and I have added 'Trouble' ' by Cat Stevens www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1tRB7-aBr8

Sail Away With Me! HFF!!

24 Jun 2018 64 78 622
Oban Harbour (with just a little fence!) I have added 'Sailing Ships' by Kate Brady as my link www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5yR4rrrYq8 and as a second link here is 'Sail Away' by David Gray from the White Ladder album www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFOGKawow5E

Lochside Track

26 Sep 2018 56 75 620
The single track runs alongside Loch Carron. We have fallen in love with Scotland and when we go back it feels like we are going home I have added 'One Track Mind' by Eric Clapton from his 'Back Home' album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5K0ZJERUSQ

Skye High!

24 Sep 2018 71 92 761
A Skye view where the landscape seems to touch the sky. I have added the link 'Sky High' by Jigsaw www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjtD8A-MWBc Better viewed large.

The Old Man and the Rainbow HFF!

23 Sep 2018 69 73 611
The Misty Isle after a storm and we were heading towards the Old Man of Storr, visible of the left hand side of this shot, and this beautiful rainbow appeared. I have added 'Old Man' by Neil Young as a link (for Sight and Sound) www.youtube.com/watch?v=An2a1_Do_fc We had quite a few showers of rain whilst on Skye, and saw several rainbows. My second link is 'Where Rainbows Never Die' by the Steeldrivers www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpA6Xk4KUdU

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