Monthly Archives: May 2018

I’m looking back with pleasure to a challenge completed. The eagles have been shot and are none the worse for the experience. I met lots of interesting people, saw and experienced some fantastic places and shot hundreds of pictures. The … Continue reading →

25 May 2018 Sharing my arrival and departure dates and the hostel on Rum, were a homogeneous group of about 12 people of more or less my own age. Most of my life I have mixed with a variety of … Continue reading →

21 May 2018 This morning I scrambled up a small ridge near a track. It was a long walk from where the van is parked and It was misty – the wind-blown edges of the low cloud. It was an … Continue reading →

19 May 2018 It’s around 20:30 and we are sitting at the end of a track a mile or so from Cougie, north west of the little tourist town of Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness. This is the croft where my … Continue reading →

20 May 2018 This was the test I had set myself: could I walk several miles up into the mountains with all my gear, watch eagles and make the long trek back? Yes I can. I’ve done two long walks … Continue reading →

Thursday 15:00 I would like to offer my neighbour a drink, but I don’t think Curlews are allowed alcohol. I’m recovering after what I think was the hardest day’s walking I’ve ever done. I set off at 8:00 up a … Continue reading →

Wednesday 16 May I’m sitting at the little porch of the converted shepherd’s hut or gypsy vardo which is parked by the bunkhouse and used as overspill accommodation. I’ll be here for the next 2 nights. The view is hard … Continue reading →

I’ve met one of the new generation of Rum residents, and one of a very small number to be born on the island, which had been cleared of its human occupants in the 19th century.  This is Andrew Craig Dallas … Continue reading →

Monday 14th May This is Mick, Jacky’s husband. He was somewhat abrupt at first because I insisted that one of the burners on the 2 burner gas hob and grill was dangerous. I had turned it off but there was … Continue reading →

Sunday 13 May A pre-breakfast walk down to the shore delivered no more interesting wildlife than last night. It’s cloudy and cool again with spots of rain. Last night I took some long distance shots of a young woman with … Continue reading →