Scalloway Castle, seen in dramatic light, was built to exercise control over Shetland in 1600. Its surroundings, once sea on three sides, have changed considerably since it was built and it is now right next to Scalloway's busy harbour. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/scallowaycastle/index.html
Tobermory, the beautiful island capital of the Isle of Mull. It is probably still known to some visitors as TV's Balamory; and its harbour is said to be home to the sunken wreck of a Spanish Armada ship and its cargo of gold. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/tobermory/index.html
After some mostly cloudfree days and summer temperatures the sun just hid behind the first traveling clouds.
Thunderstorms may be rolling in from SE this afternoon as we are right at the border between air currents here today at the southern coast of the #BalticSea.
The harbour at Burnmouth in the Scottish Borders, the first village you reach in Scotland when travelling north on the A1: though it's all too easy to pass through without really noticing. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/burnmouth/burnmouth/index.html
The wonderfully charming harbour at Crail, the most easterly of the string of superb coastal villages along the south-east coast of the East Neuk of Fife, looking out over the mouth of the Firth of Forth. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crail/crail/index.html
The busy harbour at Tarbert in Argyll, built on the narrow strip of land where two lochs nearly meet: a strip of land that is all that prevents Kintyre from becoming an island. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/tarbert/tarbert/index.html
The harbour at Wick in Caithness. The name comes from the Norse "vik", meaning bay, and it was the Vikings who first used the mouth of the Wick River where it flows into Wick Bay as a harbour for their longships and trading vessels. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wick/wick/index.html
The amazing village of Gardenstown on the north Aberdeenshire coast, seen from its harbour. It was established as a fishing village in 1720 and clings to the terraced ledges that descend the steep south-east side of Gamrie Bay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gardenstown/gardenstown/index.html