Date of walk:19/8/19 Uniquely, the Picts are much in evidence here, and for a few days, I become mildly obsessed with seeing as many of their traces as possible. The Nigg Stone, full of mysterious swirling symbolism, is one of the last records of the […]
Month: February 2022
Day 330: Tarrel to Nigg – Picts, Guns & Rigs
Date of walk: 17/8/19
Day 329: Balnagal to Tarrel – The Pictish Dragon Stone
Date of walk: 16/8/19
East Sutherland Print Collection
Sixteen selected prints based on two days walk along the eastern coastline of the historic county of Sutherland, Scotland. This section includes Brora, Golspie and Dornoch. The walk took place in Summer 2019. Signed, limited edition prints are available from £195. To purchase and for more […]
Day 327: Lothmore to Dornoch – Sand, Seals & Sutherland
Date of walk: 13/8/19
Caithness Print Collection
Sixteen selected prints based on nine days walk along the coastline of the historic county of Caithness, Scotland. This section includes Dunnet Head, John o’ Groats, Whaligoe Steps, Wick and a profusion of castles along the East Coast. The walk took place in Summer 2019. […]
Day 326: Borgue to Lothmore – Badbea Clearance Village
Date of walk: 12/8/2019 Badbea is a former clearance village settled in the 18th and 19th centuries by families evicted from their homes when the straths (broad valleys) of Langwell, Ousdale and Berriedale were cleared to establish sheep farms. Ousdale is where landowner Sir John […]
Day 325: Whaligoe to Borgue – Steps in the morning, bridge in the evening
Date of walk: 11/8/2019
Day 324: Wick to Whaligoe – Herring, Trinkie & The Sinclair Mausoleum
Date of walk: 10/8/2019
Day 323: Freswick to Wick – Castles, Brochs and Anti-tank Blocks
Date of walk: 9/8/2019
Day 322: John o’Groats to Freswick – The Stacks of Duncansby
Date of walk: 8/8/2019 After turning the corner at Duncansby head, one of the noticeable differences in heading south is that as I’m walking into the sun, the landscape ahead tends to be silhouetted, so best pictures require looking behind, which means I’m often missing […]