Ipernity Photo Gallery

The Flow Country – the most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world. Stretching across Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of Scotland this vast expanse of blanket bog comprises a complex set of interlinked pool systems www.theflowcountry.org.uk This is taken from Moine House built as a halfway house for weary travellers, travelling from Loch Eriboll, one had to cross 14 miles of this morass, then make the choice of risking life on the ferry across the Kyle, or slogging another 9 miles overland via Kinloch to reach Tongue Village.. cmy.iay.org.uk/moinehouse/moine.htm The cloud covered mountain is the 764m Ben Loyal, Large may be good.

The pretty tourist town of Callander lies immediately south of the Highland Boundary Fault which is historically a meeting point between the Scottish Highlands and the Lowlands. The Highland Boundary Fault is a major fault zone that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. It separates two different geological terranes which give rise to two distinct physiographic terrains: the Highlands and the Lowlands, and in most places it is recognisable as a change in topography, Wikipedia. More benches in the distance, large view, perhaps. HBM and a great week to you all

Falkirk Wheel rotating boat lift and the high level waterway section (see pip) Note*****Re the pip***Having just come up 24 metres (79 ft), on the Falkirk Wheel boat lift this tourist boat has cruised the high level canal and is now heading towards the Roughcastle Tunnel, (centre distant) The boat in the note can be seen below the pip and at the top of the wheel if the image is enlarged Full information and facts of the wheel here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel More images to follow!...... Wish you all a good weekend.

Oban bay and George Street, with (MaCaig's Tower Note 1) also known as McCaig's Folly,[2] is a prominent tower on Battery Hill[3] overlooking the town of Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It is built of Bonawe granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay, on Loch Etive, from Muckairn, with a circumference of about 200 metres (660 ft) with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches (44 on the bottom and 50 on top). It is a Grade B Listed historic monument. (wkipedia) And the Oban Distillery, (Note 2) a link to a fascinating video if you have the time to watch, www.obanwhisky.com/distillery ( You may need to click the home buttton) Oban is also a major ferry terminal mainly for the islands of the inner Hebrides Finally, a whisky song www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPin6munNyA Large if you please, And HWW

Ganavan Sands and Bay, The low ground on the right is the Isle of Lismore While the higher ground across the Firth of Lorne being the Isle of Mull and the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. Ganavan, means White Sands in Gaelic HBM and a great week to all ! ............. Large view please! A musical link from a favourite artist of mine www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXVufG5oV0

A short distance up the West Coast from the Mull of Kintyre is this misty view of the Isle Jura famous for its three peaks known as "The Paps of Jura" and for its world renowned Whisky Distillery, in the 2011 census it had a population of just 196 people. The low island to the right of Jura is Gigha, (in Norse it means God's Island) it had a population of 163 but following a community buy out in 2002 numbers are on the rise. The water is The North Channel which connects the Irish Sea with the Atlantic Ocean and is part of the marine area officially classified as the "Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland" A large view is recommended. And thanks for looking, HBM, A musical link, www.youtube.com/watch?v=NELYrMzZ_PM

Ardrishaig is a coastal village on Loch Gilp, at the southern (eastern) entrance to the Crinan Canal in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland. It lies immediately to the south of Lochgilphead, with the nearest larger town being Oban. (Wikipedia) A day that varied between bright sunshine and cloud cover, but fortunately the light stayed reasonable even during the cloudy periods,------- A large view recommended if possible! We were based very close by and a for a while this was Our Town www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI6DBIvyEMI

A touch of colour to brighten what is a very dull, wet and windy day down here in the west country, Azaleas I am informed, thank you, Pearl. A musical link by Simply Red, www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOdvBmTDh0

Wall to a humped back bridge over the Clachan Sound, Isle of Seil, The bridge which was built between 1792 and 1793 has been colonised by fairy foxgloves (Erinus alpinus). Large view perhaps HWW to one and all