JayOh (John Owles)'s photos

The dramatic ruins of Castle Girnigoe on an overcast day of mizzle and rain, interspersed by all too brief periods of brightish stuff.

The dramatic ruins of Castle Girnigoe on an overcast day of mizzle and rain, interspersed by all too brief periods of brightish stuff.

The flat, featureless landscape of Caithness

The flat, featureless landscape of Caithness

The flat, featureless landscape of Caithness

The flat, featureless landscape of Caithness

The flat, featureless landscape of Caithness

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The flat, featureless landscape of Caithness

Now we turn East across the top of Scotland and start to make our way back towards Cornwall. There is a severe visual shock when, after a few miles from the Kyle of Tongue, the ever changing wild mountain scenery of the Northwest Highlands turns to the endless, flat wastelands of the cat people (Caithness). These are the lands of the Clearances and for me, despite the undoubted beauty, they hold an atmosphere of desolation and loneliness.

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Now we turn East across the top of Scotland and start to make our way back towards Cornwall. There is a severe visual shock when, after a few miles from the Kyle of Tongue, the ever changing wild mountain scenery of the Northwest Highlands turns to the endless, flat wastelands of the cat people (Caithness). These are the lands of the Clearances and for me, despite the undoubted beauty, they hold an atmosphere of desolation and loneliness.

A lovely spot, just to the east of the Kyle of Tongue on the Sutherland coast. It is protected by two islands, Eilean Nan Ron and Neave or Combe Island.

So far we have not identified this one. At first glance it appears like Bog Asphodel or St Johns Wort but on closer examination it doesn't seem to either. We found just two of them, about 20ft apart, just above the cliffs on an east facing grass slope. Can any of you wild flower buffs make an identification?