The remains of Tigh nan Saighdearan, or the "Soldiers' House", the tiny Jacobite-era barracks in a seriously remote but strategically important location west of Loch Arkaig, controlling a significant route across the western Highlands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/speanbridge/barracks/index.html
Another for #StandingStoneSunday: while I was there a skylark flew down and lit on a stone at Scotland's Tomnaverie stone circle. I was thrilled because Shelley's To a Skylark was one of my favorite poems when I was young but we don't have them in the States. I got to see and hear them plenty during my visit. #Scotland#bird#birds#skylark#tomnaverie
Two thrilling walks over the weekend. First was over Hart Fell near #Moffat and along the narrowest ridge line I’ve followed. Yesterday was Grey Mare’s Tail, then around the horseshoe above it.
Fun fact: Grey Mare’s Tail is so called because the drive from Edinburgh is an absolute ‘mare.
Since the 2014 'Vow' of more powers Westminster has accelerated the hobbling of Scotland's devolved choices and is now actively overruling what Scottish voters want and have voted for in elections. Increasingly Scotland must use its remaining devolved powers any way it chooses as long as that is the same way that England does.
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Brig o' Doon in Alloway, Ayrshire, believed to have been built in the 1400s. It was made famous as the site of Tam o' Shanter's desperate flight from a witch in the poem by Robert Burns. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/alloway/brigodoon/index.html
The first gosling I’ve seen this year! Fairly newly hatched by the look of it.
They’re not in this photo, but it was being fiercely protected by both parents. #birds#nature#Edinburgh#Scotland
Does anyone know what these wee lumps are? I see so many of them on coastal walks around #Scotland. Always on the skyline and near the top of grass-covered rocky outcrops. They seem to be similarly sized - a few inches in diameter and a few inches high
I've asked plenty of people who are generally knowledgeable about nature, but none of them know what causes them. Some interesting speculation, though
So it’s a week since the Aurora. This panorama is from last Friday night and is a stitch of sixteen shots taken randomly towards the general direction. The actual Aurora covered the sky from around east to southwest so the only way to get the full arc with the zenith and the columns was by doing this panorama. For the nerds this was stitched with shots using a 16mm FF lens at f2.8, ISO400 and 5 second exposures #Aurora#Aberdeenshire#Scotland#StillPinchingMyself
It's funny when you look back through your images folders and find a strange image totally out of context.
No idea when I took it, where I took it, or what on earth is going on 😲😄
The National’s content editor was standing roughly 100m from the demonstration when he was confronted by an officer who claimed he was being “obstructive to the police”.
The encounter was recorded. The officer claimed he didn’t have “free roam to go about protest sites” and suggested he could be arrested under Section 20 of the #Police and Fire Reform Act.
The Dunmore Pineapple, one of Scotland's most remarkable buildings. Perhaps the largest stone pineapple anywhere, its top stands 45ft above the level of the walled garden to its south. It was built as a birthday present in 1761. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/airth/thepineapple/index.html