decay – Stream of Consciousness

Autumn Years: Abandoned A93 Road, Craighall Gorge

On a recent excursion elsewhere, a friend tipped me off to the existence of the gorge at Craighall, through which […]

Situated outside Livingston, the psychiatric hospital at Bangour Village was founded in 1906 as Edinburgh District Asylum – one of

The study of shapes and lines of trees in Inverawe continues. This time, we span all the ages from a

A study in decay.

I can never remember whether these are thistles or teasels. Either way, it’s quite an impressive ball of spikes. Go

Detail of a rusted padlock on a cast iron gate, basking in the late evening sunlight.

Detail of an air-pressure gauge in a disused petrol-station.

This pump in an old abandoned petrol-station was enjoying the last few rays of evening sunlight.

When life gives you bath-tubs… stick to the ceiling.

Horizontal market business fail. Dead shop specialising in vertical blinds, Stranraer.

Frontage of The George abandoned hotel in Stranraer. With apostrophes like that I’m not surprised the pizza joint went bust

One of my favourite subjects is patterns of sunlight, shadow and trees.