I'm a Highlander, get me out of here
Everyone has to live somewhere. Some have always lived in the same place. Some don't have a choice as to where they live. The lucky ones, like me, choose where they reside. I've lived in many other places. However, I now live in my home area again, in the Highlands of Scotland.
I've just returned from a visit to the Central Belt, specifically East Kilbride. I went...
Wildflowers of the Scottish Highlands (part 2)
Photos of the most common wildflowers in my part of the Highlands of Scotland.
This is the second of two galleries (currently).
Plants shown in this gallery (in photo order):
- Bealaidh-coitcheann - Scot's Broom - Cytisus scoparius
- Gille-guirmein - Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus
- Bròg na cuthaige - Cuckooflower - Cardamine...
Wildflowers of the Scottish Highlands (part 1)
Photos of the most common wildflowers in my part of the Highlands of Scotland.
This is the first of two galleries (currently).
Plants shown in this gallery (in photo order):
- Glasair Choille - Bugle - Ajuga reptans
- Peasair nam Preas - Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium
- Cnapan dubh - Common Knapweed - Centaurea...
Feeling sheepish
I went for a walk along a forestry style track, yesterday. Ahead of me was a ewe, with two lambs. The ewe felt nervous about my approach, and started to trot away from me. The lambs were, of course, following her closely. However, the sheep didn't trot away uphill or downhill. Instead, they continued along the track. I also...
Highland Life and the Coronavirus
The snow-capped Nevis range.
It is quite extraordinary, I've never experienced anything like it. We are now a couple of weeks away from Easter, which is normally the time when the summer tourist season starts. The roads would see increased traffic, and the tourist hotspots would start to be busy. Not this year.
The travel and social...
Push or Pull?
Two boats on the Caledonian Canal. One boat appeared to be towing the other..
A couple of days ago I saw these two boats coming up the canal towards us, as we were doing the daily dog walk. It was clear from a distance that the two boats were very close together, and I assumed the first boat was towing the...
Fàilte don Ghàidhealtachd
Who did this? Who added Nessie to the Highlands' welcome sign? Whoever it was, it is absolute genius! The original sign had an empty loch, someone has used a marker pen, or similar, to add the Nessie image. I drove past this sign, northbound lane of the A9 at Drumochter, about three weeks ago and I'm fairly...
Delivery charges for the Highlands and Islands
Delivery charges for goods purchased online to addresses in the Highlands and Islands has been a big problem for years. There are two issues which contribute to the problem.
The first issue is that sellers have been glib in the way they describe and promote their delivery charges. Often sellers would describe their goods as having "free UK delivery" or "free delivery on all orders" and it wasn't until you got three-quarters of the way through the purchase...