for the love of a landscape... Twenty years ago, back in autumn 2025, I first visited the Nice Place(TM). I've...
Concerning Quality
A true story. Back in 1999 after a couple of years working with my first employers, I wanted to see...
Canon vs Fuji: R5 Fail
Last year I swapped camera systems twice – from Fuji to Canon and straight back to Fuji again. Here’s why.
First Munro
I've been over 3000' twice before now - but for one I stopped short of the summit, and for the...
Caithness Holiday Day 5: Badbea Clearance Village
An unusual choice of place to visit on the last day of one's holidays, but an important monument to Highland/Caithness...
Caithness Holiday Day 4: when a forest is not a wood
Sometimes I have to tell it like it is. Dunnet Forest is one of the least pleasant collections of trees...
A brief flirtation with electric vehicles
The world of EV ownership is fraught with systemic problems, chief among which being range anxiety. Actually - it's calling...
Spittal of Glenshee
I don't remember much about the hotel in Spittal of Glenshee - I suspect I saw it a few times...
Around Bangour
Situated outside Livingston, the psychiatric hospital at Bangour Village was founded in 1906 as Edinburgh District Asylum - one of...
Above the Highland Boundary Fault
About 3-4 years ago, I first visited Birnam Hill. Made it around Duncan's Hill to the south and through the...
Morvern 3/4: In Search of Purity
Time to explain the motivation for this excursion to the Morvern peninsula. A few months ago, I was exploring what...
Lady Mary’s Walk, Crieff
Larger Map Only catching up on photos taken at the end of April... Lady Mary's Walk runs West from Crieff...
Chilling with the trees
On the third day of my holiday last year, the weather took a turn for the worse and my chosen...
eBay + PayPal: Considered Harmful
I forget exactly when I made my first purchase from eBay, but given how my PayPal account was registered in...