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I looked up from filling the car and noticed this beautiful rainbow. If you look closely it’s a double bow, with a hint of being a triple bow!…
This was becoming a very busy day! The Brough of Birsay can only be access at low (or low-ish) tide, and the warden at the Broch of Gurness…
Birsay Moor is one of the higher points of Orkney, and is an RSPB Nature Reserve. We didn’t stop to look at birds, but it gives lovely views…
Yesnaby is on the west coast of the Orkney mainland, and gives easy access to view spectacular sea cliffs, plus the birds that nest there. The weathered horizontally…
Our last day in Orkney, and we walked along Hoy Sound, past the Links Battery, to Warebeth and back. The day turned into a bit of a photo-fest…
Orkney is full of neolithic monuments, and the Ring of Brodgar is one of the best known and most stunning. Shutter speed: 1/1250s Aperture: ƒ/4 ISO: 100 Focal length: 16mm Taken: 7 June,…
Terri & I returned to Orkney this year, and the ferry trip over had magnificent sea and skyscapes. Usually the route is along the west of Hoy, past…
I made my annual visit to Cambo to view the snowdrops, and that involves parking at Kingsbarns on the Fife Coastal Path and walking along the foreshore. On…
This stunning, though bleak, view of the Pentland Firth was taken from adjacent to the cottage we were staying in, above Stromness. The two little islands are Inner…
I went to the Women Gliding event at Denbigh Gliding, held on the last weekend of November. On the Saturday morning there was this gorgeous sunrise visible from…