Friday, March 30, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Sitting room sunrise
Looking east through our sitting room window, just after the shutters have been opened, and the rays of the rising sun catch one of Ruth's houseplants.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The font
Monday, March 19, 2007
Ghost doors
The town is full of houses that have turned into garden walls, leaving us with a faint legacy of what was once more than stone.....
Church Street, Cromarty.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Oil Rigs under Ben Wyvis - Hogmany 2004
Not something that we see these days, Rigs in the Cromarty Firth and Snow on Ben Wyvis.
Taken on Hogmanay 2004, a zoom shot from Cromarty.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
The lad
Getting ready to go out for a couple of hours of hill climbing around the Black Isle, as the first race (MTB) is only three weeks away. However getting out on the bike is a lot more fun after a dark wet winter spent in the gym, or on the rollers.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Blood vessels of sand
Forensic evidence on Cromarty Beach.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Sand feathers
Low winter sun on the beach. Fine grained sand and water combine to make these amazing patterns.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
The last rig leaves the Firth
The Essar Wildcat (ex Transocean Wildcat) is towed out between the Sutors as it starts a 90 day journey to Kakinada India. Due to the height of the derrick, the Suez Canal cannot be used, so it will go the long round, via the Cape. She is being towed by the (very colourful) Fairmount Sherpa, who steamed to the Cromarty Firth from Dubai, and the combination will travel at an average speed of 8 knots, all the way back again.
Essar paid $220M for this 30 year old rig, which has been cold stacked in the Firth since the late 90's.
So apart from the Galaxy Jackup alongside the service base at Invergordon, which is due to go out in the next few weeks, the Firth is empty.
See also - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/642772...
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Seana Bhraigh
A very distinctive mountain, snapped on a January flight from Inverness to Stornoway. Snapped is the right word, as you can see the engine exhaust top left, and the window bottom left.
I was struck, however, buy the distinctive shape of the peak, and the remarkable corrie - textbook glaciation.
It's a few years since I attempted to climb anything higher than the Watch Hill at Coldbackie, but I must admit that this shot made me hanker back to my teenage years when every weekend was spend in the hills, skiing or climbing......
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Barnacle wave
A wave breaks over a stone on Cromarty Beach. I like the bubbles/barnacles feel.
Saturday, March 03, 2007
These things are big
Friday, March 02, 2007
Mini monoliths
Thursday, March 01, 2007
The Kessock bridge at night
Not quite centred, but a shot under the Kessock Bridge. A 13 sec exposure catches the rain and mist, lit up by the lights of North Kessock....
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