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Wonderfully Wild Wester Ross

Every so often I look back through my image archives and almost always I come across an image that I have either not processed or not released and that is the case this week.  It was also from one of… Continue Reading →

18th September 2018 0

Favourite Ten from Ten Years on the Road

It’s that time of year again when most photographers share their favourite images from the past year but disappointingly I haven’t got any images to share because for the first time for many years for one reason or another I… Continue Reading →

30th December 2017 0

Britain’s Wonderful Wrecks – Part 2

Britain's Wonderful Wrecks - Part 2 1 Doesn't time fly.  You may recall that a while back I wrote about some of Britain's Wonderful Wrecks I had come across on my photo trips and I promised you more; well almost eight months on here they are starting with some from Scotland.  The first is at Ardgour which lies south-west of Fort William on the west bank of Loch Linnhe situated at the Corran Narrows on the eastern side of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula.  Ardgour, its name in Gaelic translates as "Height Of The Goat" was part of the ancient trade route to the Inner Hebrides, the original "Road To The Isles".  I was passing Ardgour on my way through the Ardnamurchan Peninsula and came across "Capri" beached on the shore.  It's a fishing boat that was built in Sweden in 1949 and now lies abandoned some 60 years later. "Capri" - Loch Linnhe - Ardgour Staying on the west coast of Scotland in Wester Ross we visit Badachro (Gaelic Bad a' Chrodha) meaning cattle fold clump.  A remote fishing village about 2 miles south of Gairloch.  It is idyllically situated on an inlet of Loch Gairloch.  Sheltered by several islands the bay provides a safe anchorage for fishing boats and yachts.  At the end of the nineteenth century, Badachro was a busy fishing centre.  Fish, in particular, cod, landed here and at Gairloch, was dried at Badachro.  There were two curing stations - one on Eilean Horrisdale and one on Eilean Tioram.  Lobsters, crabs and prawns are still landed here and sent to the markets both in the south and in Europe.  There are many abandoned boats in this location but this is one I have not been able to identify but couldn't resist capturing it with that wonderful backdrop. Badachro - Wester Ross We now move over to the Isle of Mull where if you recall we visited Croig in the Historic Harbours article.  Close by Croig is the abandoned "Branch".  The trawler was built in 1951 in Fraserburgh and used all around the coast of northern Scotland including being based at Barra in the Outer Hebrides. "Branch" - Croig - Isle of Mull Staying on Mull we are at Bunessan which is the largest village on the Ross of Mull and a small boat with the name "Dignity" for which I have no history.  I was drawn to this one because of its name which in the circumstances may seem appropriate.  Originally a small community of farmers in the Scottish farming tradition called crofting, the village had a mill, weavers and a small fishing fleet until the 1900s.  The village has a thriving lobster fishery with some of the largest lobsters on the west coast of Scotland can be found at the top of Loch Scridain, in an area known as "The Pool". "Dignity" - Bunessan - Isle of Mull For our last wreck, we are in Norfolk on the north coast under the cliffs at Hunstanton which make a spectacular view.  They show an amazing slice of Britain's history and originate from just after the Jurassic period.  This makes them 100 million years old and some of the oldest rocks visible in East Anglia. "Sheraton" Hunstanton - Norfolk Built-in 1907, the Sheraton started life as a trawler but was later moored on the Lincolnshire side of The Wash to be used as a target ship.  In 1947 she broke free from her mooring in a gale and drifted on to the beach at Hunstanton.  The ship was sold to scrap dealers and now only a section of the hull remains.   I hope you have enjoyed taking a look at more of our Wonderful Wrecks.  Unfortunately, I think I have now run out of wreck images so if you know of others in photogenic locations please feel free to let me know so I can include them in a future photo trip.  

Doesn’t time fly.  You may recall that a while back I wrote about some of Britain’s Wonderful Wrecks I had come across on my photo trips and I promised you more; well almost eight months on here they are starting… Continue Reading →

29th November 2017 0

Print of the Month – September 2017

Twelve months ago this month I was getting ready to set off on my North Coast500 trip.  Without spoiling your reading of the highs and lows of the trip the North Coast 500 which launched in the Spring of 2015… Continue Reading →

5th September 2017 0

Lighthouses around the British Coast

Lighthouses around the British Coast 2 Well, that's the end of a brief look at some of the lighthouses that perform a vital role in the safety of mariners in all weathers. If you want to see more take a look at Part 2

It’s time to take another whistle-stop tour of the many varying aspects of the British landscape.   During my travels around the British Isles, I am nearly always guaranteed I will find a lighthouse often sighted in spectacular locations.  With… Continue Reading →

30th May 2016 0

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