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Category Archives: EOS 350D
Alloway’s Auld Haunted Kirk
Alloway’s auld haunted kirk was the location of the demonic gathering of witches in Robert Burns’ classic poem “Tam o’ Shanter”. I visited the ruin two years ago and got this spooky shot as dusk fell…
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Tagged after dark, Alloway, church, grave stones, graveyard, kirk, ruins
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Rainbow Over The Road To The Isles
Driving back to my hotel, along the road from Mallaig, I was confronted by this striking rainbow. Continue reading
Craignethan Castle
Craignethan Castle, a Historic Scotland property, is located in the Clyde Valley. The castle was built in the early 1530s and only lasted as a fortification for about 50 years before being demilitarised. Construction was started by an illegitimate son of James Hamilton, the 1st Earl of Arran – Sir James Hamilton of Finnart. Sir James went on to become Master of Works to King James V from 1536 to 1540.
One well known guest at the castle was Mary, Queen of Scots. Forced to abdicate in 1567 while imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle, she escaped the following year and was sheltered/entertained for a while at Craignethan Castle.
I hadn’t heard of the castle before, but it looked like an interesting afternoon out – and not too far from home…
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Tagged castle, Clyde Valley, Craignethan, Historic Scotland, ruins
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Oban By Night
I didn’t leave Ballachulish until the sun had set, so my drive down to Oban began in the dusk and ended in the dark. That was a pity since it seems to be an attractive drive. However, the Oban plan was for after-dark shots, so this didn’t matter too much. The first objective was to drive up to McCaig’s Folly.
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Tagged after dark, bay, Folly, harbour, Oban, reflections
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Rannoch Moor and Glen Coe
The weather’s been good for the past few days, so I was up pretty early this morning to head off up towards Rannoch Moor and Glen Coe. When you drive from Glasgow up the A82 to Fort William, you cross Rannoch Moor. Once you’ve made the ascent to the moor, you pass between two lochs in fairly short order. Little Lochan na-h’Achlaise is first on the left and then you pass the larger Loch Ba on the right. If you remain on the road, you see little of Loch Ba, while the views over Lochan na-h’Achlaise are much better. After stopping the car, I walked across the moor and down to the waterside…
Dunure at sunset
In which Gary travels to Dunure to try to photograph the ruins of the castle by the golden light of the setting sun…
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Tagged castle, Dunure, harbour, ruins, sunset, twilight
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Oh, What A Circus #4
I managed to leave work an hour earlier today, and did the usual rush-home-grab-camera-gear-jump-in-car-and-rush-over routine. But as I turned the corner which brought the high-rise into view in the distance…
Oh, What A Circus #3
I was busy at work today – we have a supplier installing a new system and I’ve to become involved with supporting it once they depart – and didn’t get to leave until just before 6pm. I had to rush home to grab my gear and then jump in the car and drive straight over. Fortunately, they waited on me.
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Tagged Bravia, explosions, Glasgow, paint, Sony, Toryglen
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