mountains – LIFE PART FIVE

Ullapool to Kylesku – photo story

When we returned from the Outer Hebrides in late June we had a couple of days to explore a little further north along the A835 which now forms part of the fiercely trendy NC500 route. For me, the north west Highlands of Scotland have been the most spectacular in terms of landscape. It is beautiful,…

The Isle of Skye

For the last few days I’ve been in the magical Orkney islands, exploring the Neolithic sites and diving the famous wrecks of Scapa Flow. All this activity means my travelogue has been a bit neglected, but I’ve finally managed to complete my post about the Isle of Skye which we visited way back in June……

Isle of Harris

We have been travelling for over seven weeks now, winding through the craggy peaks and heather wrapped slopes of the Highlands and the Inner Hebrides. My eye has become so accustomed to the wide open skies and the lonely mountain vistas of this land that memories of my London home seem distant in the extreme.…

Glencoe to Eilean Donan castle

We continue to travel north and west this week into a landscape which becomes steadily wilder and more dramatic. The mountain peaks hunch ever higher into a lowering grey sky which brings squalls of rain and colder temperatures. The bluebells of spring have given way to fuschia spikes of native foxgloves and great drifts of…

Isle of Mull, Kerrera, Staffa and Iona

My favourite images from the Inner Hebrides. Take a look at my blog post to read more about what we did while we were there.

Isle of Mull

Has it been a week already? Surely a year, or a day? I’m not sure. Travel does that it seems. Last Sunday seems like a distant island in my memory, but maybe only moments have passed. These last few days have mostly been spent on the Isle of Mull. We boarded the CalMac ferry from…

The English Lakes – photo story

Images from our time in the Lakes, May 2017. Click on an image to see a larger version.

The Lake District

Inspiration to artists and writers for centuries, the Lakes are somewhere I’ve been trying to return to for many years. Many of my childhood holidays were spent here and the dramatic landscape made a lasting impression on my young mind. Even saying the place names aloud stirs a whisper of excitement in the soul, the…