Monthly Archives: September 2019

Canna – the one that got away

Posted on 26/09/2019 by photot_Admin

Tuesday 24 September It’s my last night here. I can’t say my few days on Canna have been as fulfilling as I’d hoped, but that is partly down to my own demons. I came here with images of eagles flying … Continue reading →

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Isle of Canna

Posted on 25/09/2019 by photot_Admin

Sunday 22 September When I arrived yesterday, after a long, and at times rough, trip in a small ferry boat, things didn’t look good. I did have a choice though: a pod with no heating or cooking facilities, or a … Continue reading →

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Eigg on my face.

Posted on 18/09/2019 by photot_Admin

I take a lot of pictures, but only a few will be worth keeping. Some obvious duds I delete with the dustbin button on the camera. Mostly they stay on the memory card which, back at base, I remove from … Continue reading →

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Knepp Castle – the temple of Rewilding

Posted on 10/09/2019 by photot_Admin

The forecast promised bright periods between the showers, but there were no gaps in the dark grey sky when I un-latched the first of the tall gates in the high fence surrounding this part of the “Knepp Wildlands” in Sussex. … Continue reading →

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A Frost, a Fox and some deer

Posted on 08/09/2019 by photot_Admin

I’m in Sussex on a family visit. My 87 year old cousin has lived happily alone for many years in an old cottage, where the garden is making serious attempts to get inside the house. The windows are now so … Continue reading →

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The Boundary Patrol – Dinefwr Park

Posted on 03/09/2019 by photot_Admin

  I have written before about my volunteer job at Dinefwr Park, just outside Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, and half an hour’s drive from my home in Cilycwm. This piece marks the beginning of a regular series of posts about the … Continue reading →

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Am I crazy?

Posted on 03/09/2019 by photot_Admin

In two weeks time I embark on what is looking like being my most challenging trip yet. On the face of it going to Iceland by sea (my 2018 trip) seems like a bigger challenge than 3 weeks in Scotland, … Continue reading →

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Velvet in Tatters

Posted on 01/09/2019 by photot_Admin

This is one of the big seasonal markers for deer. For the last four months they have been growing these spectacular antlers. The growth is fed by soft blood-rich tissue called velvet which covers the growing bone and looks just … Continue reading →

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