Lochan near Beinn Bhreac, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Lochan na Leirg, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Hillside from Beinn Bhreac, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Bute and Tighnabruaich from Beinn Bhreac, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Mussel Farm, Loch Striven, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Finnart Point & Loch Striven from Beinn Bhreac, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Fish farm, Loch Striven, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Warning, Loch Riddon, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Loch Riddon, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Eilean Dubh, Kyles of Bute, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Last light, Loch Riddon, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Date of walk: 6/6/2018
Must be the pheromones
I keep getting the feeling I’m being followed
An enjoyable section of the Cowal Way above Loch Riddon
Ouch!
I must admit, I thought the midges in Scotland was an exaggeration but you have documented proof! Wowzers.
It’s quite something, isn’t it! It can get worse than this too. there’s even a midge forecast website https://www.smidgeup.com/midge-forecast/
Oh wow, that’s phenomenal!
😱at least you had company. As always amazing captures! Thx.
haha, there is that!
Great work as ever Quintin. Hard not to get lost in the discomfort when you are solo.
Thanks, I spend very little time dwelling on the discomforts but I’m recording it to give a rounded account of doing this walk.
As days grow warm, the midges swarm.
Can these wee pests who plague our quests
(whining vast herds! dining bastards!!
damn dumb things!!!) teach us some things?
This Hell on Earth (for what it’s worth)
is (curse its soul!!!!) part of the Whole.
Two appreciations of these beasts — including their origin in the rich and sensitive interface between air and water, where they are pollution canaries:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/whats-the-point-of-midges-and-how-do-you-stop-them-biting ; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-39114196 .
They are also responsible for chocolate: http://www.pri.org/stories/2018-03-03/giant-chocolate-industry-depends-tiny-insects-survival
Lovely pics.
We used to walk up to Lochan na Leirg many many years ago for the fishing. I also fell in.
Lovely to see the loch again.
What a perfect place to fish. Hope your slip was more humorous than painful!