Chris Bowness' photos

There's some nice walks from Errol in Perthshire along the banks of the Tay Estuary. Here, every season is a gift.

This is the view that I had from the living room of the house where I used to live. The best thing about the garden below is that I had the view, but didn't have to maintain it as it wasn't mine.

Taken on one of my many walks on the Ochil Hills, near where I live.

This is my dog looking melancholic whilst waiting to be walked, he was approaching 14 then, he's 16 now. He also hates having his picture taken and always looks away...

Walking northward from Blair Atholl, we arrived for a lunch stop at this bothy. Bothies are dotted about the Scottish landscape and are free to use as shelters by anyone. The bothies are maintained by the volunteers of the Mountain Bothies Association. Little Fidget, my friends Jack Russel kindly posed for this shot :)

This picture is of my night walking Buddy at the summit cairn of Colsnaur hill in the Ochil Hills in Scotland. Walking at night is invigorating, especially in poor visibility and bad weather. We know these hills very well so we seldom have to check our navigation. There has however been a few occasions when we've fled with our tails between our legs as the weather was just too much for us.

When I took this, my friend and I were in the last hour of a long walk out from Meanach bothy. We thought we would have time to put our waterproofs on when the rain started, but we didn't. The rain is some of the heaviest I've experienced and I got soaked. Even my old Canon in it's waterproof bag was swimming. My boots were full of water from the rain running down my leg. Luckily I had spare clothes so when we finally reached the car, I had to change everything.. yes, even my pants were soaking!

Today I had a good walk along the River Devon, beside the town of Dollar in Scotland. I was a bit late for the mist of the morning, but the moisture persisted, lit up by the autumnal sun.

Getting to this hill is a bit of a walk, but the view was worth it.

As I was descending a wet Ben Ever, the sun came out and this lovely rainbow appeared.

I got my walking buddy to pose for this picture at the top of Seamab Hill in the Ochil Hills. The lights of the towns below light up the night.

I parked my car wherever I could and run back to the bridge. I couldn't not but stop and take a shot of this river in the morning light.

The good thing about the evening dog walk is that you get to see the evening!

This is a picture of my dog, Digger, at Meanach Bothy after we had walked 12 miles (19km) to get here. It is pretty isolated for UK standards. Digger was not impressed.

This fence is on the top of the hill "Craighorn" on the Ochil Hills in Scotland.

This old (tonemapped in Luminance HDR) photo was taken after I decided to drive up to this castle to take a picture. The weather however had other ideas and the sleet storm that swooped over was memorable to me as I got soaked. It adds to the mystery of this place and is not the classic view that many take across the loch in better weather.

Evening reflections