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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…
Posted in EOS 350D, Photographs, Scotland
Tagged castle, Clyde Valley, Craignethan, Historic Scotland, ruins
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Afternoon Sun on “The Matrix”
This residential block at Cowcaddens Road and Port Dundas Road, near where I work, is known as “The Matrix”. I had spotted that at lunchtime the sun illuminates the south-facing main side of this apartment block quite nicely, bringing out the colour in the various panels.
Posted in IXUS 40, Photographs, Scotland
Tagged Glasgow
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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…
Edinburgh’s Winter Wonderland
I’ve been staying over in Edinburgh for a couple of days to allow me to attend a training course for work. This evening, after returning to my hotel and freshening up, I wandered up to Princes Street to take a look at the Winter Wonderland. I have already seen a number of shots from the event, so I had a rough idea of what to expect. In the end, this is my favourite from the several shots I took.
Posted in IXUS 40, Photographs, Scotland
Tagged after dark, big wheel, Christmas, Edinburgh, lights
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Royal Exchange Square – A Canopy of Twinkling Lights
In which Gary makes a detour to visit some newly turned on Christmas lights instead of going straight home from work.
Posted in IXUS 40, Photographs, Scotland
Tagged after dark, Glasgow, lights, reflections
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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…
Posted in EOS 350D, Photographs, Scotland
Tagged castle, Dunure, harbour, ruins, sunset, twilight
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Glasgow Sony Bravia Advert – Update
The new Sony advert, which was filmed earlier this year in Glasgow, was finally due to be broadcast for the first time earlier tonight.
I read somewhere that one of the reasons Glasgow was picked was due to the large amount of green spaces (parks, playing fields, etc) for which the city is renowned. We’re not referred to as the Dear Green Place for nothing. You’ll see from early scenes of the advert that there’s still a fair degree of truth in this, even in this day and age.
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