Monthly Archives: May 2023

Shieldaig and Abernethy

Posted on 18/05/2023 by photot_Admin

Why does it all look so lovely when I am so depressed? Perhaps this is a common experience of depression – the contrast between the outer and the inner. Suddenly my big lens is not working. The whole trip has … Continue reading →

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Isle of Muck 4

Posted on 18/05/2023 by photot_Admin

My demons have retreated: this place is just too good for them. This afternoon, sitting on rustic benches which Dez was still finishing at the pod, I met Emily the young woman who teaches the 4 children in the primary … Continue reading →

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Isle of Muck 3

Posted on 13/05/2023 by photot_Admin

(please note that “Isle of Muck 2” has been updated with more text and pictures including my first eagle pictures,) The tide is high, filling the little inlet outside the window. Curious snouts of seals poke up out of the … Continue reading →

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Isle of Muck 2

Posted on 09/05/2023 by photot_Admin

(This post is a week overdue. With this site down until recently it’s been difficult to catch up. More delayed posts to follow!)  5:30 up the hill beyond Rosie’s Pod house; there’s a cuckoo calling and a sunrise looming and … Continue reading →

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Mucking about

Posted on 09/05/2023 by photot_Admin

Today, for the first time in days, or weeks, I feel I am in the right place. – The Isle of Muck. Muck is the smallest of the Small Isles group south of Skye, which includes Rum, Eigg and Canna, … Continue reading →

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