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  • Grasped by the trees billions of grains of sand soft beneath my feet
  • In the 16 sq miles of the Culbin Forest without signposting you would become easily lost.
  • In the 16 sq miles of the Culbin Forest without signposting you would become easily lost.
  • The Gravel Pit, the Culbin Forest
  • One of many tracks through the Culbin Forest
  • Bench by the Gravel pit, Culbin Forest
  • Inscribed benches atop Hill 99, Culbin Forest
  • Inscribed benches atop Hill 99, Culbin Forest
  • I stood one day upon the hillAnd smelt the tang of marsh and sea.I stood one day upon the hill And knew my sould returned to me.
  • I stood one day upon the hill And felt my shadow turn full cvircle. I stood one day upon the hill And saw the heather turn to purple.
  • The Fire watch tower on Hill 99
  • Views over the Moray Firth from the Watch Tower on Hill 99.
  • Panorama from the Fire Watch Tower on Hill 99 over the Culbin Forest over the Moray Firth to the Black Isle
  • From the track to The Gut
  • The "Gut"
  • Hunters gathered shells feasting in the distant past, hopes and bellies full
  • The Culbin sandbar across the Gut, an area of low marshland and salt flats
  • The Gut, Culbin Sands - low-lying salt marshlands stretching for several miles inside the largest sandspit in Scotland.
  • Thrift flowers growing in "the Gut". Thrift was used as an emblem on the old 12-sided threepenny coin as a reminder of the importance of spending money wisely during the wars.
  • The vast salt marshland between the sandbar and the Culbin Sands forest
  • The vast salt marshland between the sandbar and the Culbin Sands forest
  • The vast salt marshland between the sandbar and the Culbin Sands forest known as The Gut
  • With possibly a hundred miles of tracks within the forest, signposting is essential to avoid walkers losing their bearings in the dense forest.
  • Memories of the village houses buried under the Culbin sands
  • Memories of the village houses buried under the Culbin sands
  • Can't a bird sunbathe in peace?
  • The early bird catches the worm...
  • Blondie at breakfast
  • Blondie at breakfast
  • The King George VI Compartment planted in 1937
  • The King George VI Compartment planted in 1937
  • 90 year old trees
  • Long straight track to The Gut
  • The Gut, a vast salty marshland between the Culbin Forest and the Culbin sandspits.
  • The Gut, a vast salty marshland between the Culbin Forest and the Culbin sandspits.
  • An older section of the Culbin Forest
  • Assam dinner 1950s
  • Early morning start for Scrabster to catch the Hamnavoe to Stromness
  • View from the Hamnavoe
  • The Old Man of Hoy
  • Stromness Harbour
  • The harbour at Stromness
  • The Pier Art Centre, Stromness
  • The Stromness Art Gallery
  • The Pier Art Centre, Stromness
  • From the Stromness Art Gallery
  • The Pier Art Centre, Stromness - Barbara Hepworth
  • The Pier Art Centre Stromness - Barbara Hepworth
  • The Pier Art Centre, Stromness
  • The Pier Art Centre Stromness - Barbara Hepworth
  • The Pier Art Centre, Stromness - Barbara Hepworth
  • Stromness street scene
  • Khyber Pass, Stromness
  • The Khyber Pass, Stromness!
  • Stromness Street scene
  • Orkney's premier restaurant, The Foveran
  • Diners at The Foveran on a summer evening
  • Foveran Restaurant starter
  • Foveran Fare
  • The abandoned old Mill at Culdigo
  • The abandoned Mill at Culdigo
  • Abandoned Mill at Culdigo, Orkney
  • The millwheel at Culdigo
  • Flagstone roof on the old mill at Culdigo
  • The Flagstone roof on the abandoned old mill at Culdigo
  • View towards Hoy from the old Mill at Culdigo
  • Ivy taking over the old Mill at Culdigo
  • View towards Hoy from the old Mill at Culdigo
  • The Ring of Brodgar late on a summer evening
  • The Ring of Brodgar
  • The Ring of Brodgar
  • The Ring of Brodgar
  • The Ring of Brodgar
  • The Ring of Brodgar at dusk
  • The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney at dusk
  • The Ring of Brodgar at Dusk.
  • The Ring of Brodgar
  • The Ring of Brodgar late on a summer evening
  • All too familiar a scene in the Orkneys - a ruined cottage with a million dollar view
  • The old abandoned mill at Culdigo
  • Where there's a will there's a way - grass taking hold in the end of an old iron pipe, on Orkney
  • The Mill of Eyrland, Orkney
  • At the Scapa Flow museum
  • At the Scapa Flow Museum on Hoy
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