Pine forests: what’s not to like? Scots Pine trees stand tall and proud, burnished orange-gold catching the sun; birch trees get a bit old and develop gnarly character.
These are from a stroll in the Black Woods of Rannoch, on the south shore of Loch Rannoch.
I noticed Gunnar’s Tree, named for Gunnar Godwin, a chap whose fondness for these woods led him to manage them and agitate for them to be designated a Caledonian Forest Reserve.
It's allowed, for Scots Pine trees. Especially in evening light.
Named for Gunnar Godwin, one of the early managers of these woods, instrumental in its designation as a Caledonian Forest reserve.
(cf http://www.wolfbane.com/jazz/rannoch.htm )
Named for Gunnar Godwin, one of the early managers of these woods, instrumental in its designation as a Caledonian Forest reserve.
(cf http://www.wolfbane.com/jazz/rannoch.htm )
More sylvan elegance - branches of a birch tree on the shores of Loch Rannoch.
More sylvan elegance - branches of a birch tree on the shores of Loch Rannoch.
An old birch tree with a fair spread of braches.
An old birch tree with a fair spread of braches.
A stroll through the Black Woods of Rannoch, one of the Caledonian Forest reserves, as the sun got lower bathing the trees, heather and ferns in golden shiny light.
