Tag caithness

The East Coast of Caithness

Today is St. Andrew’s Day, so it makes sense to post something about Scotland and, in particular, the county I currently inhabit: Caithness. The North Coast 500 (NC500) long distance coastal route has brought an increased number of tourists to…

Friday Photo #9 The Flow Country

A bit of a cheat this week, as I am including two photographs of the same landscape, but at different scales. This is the Flow Country, a huge area of blanket bog, covering much of Caithness and Sutherland; it is…

brushstrokesandshutterclicks I thought that was the bit near Yesnaby Castle for a moment there! 🙂 Great pic. Thank you! It is very much like Yesnaby and the coast along there, yes! It is an odd thing, how few people seem…

Step Three: Self Assessment Pt. III

I have started this series by looking at where I am at present with relation to the past. Talk of assessment and reassessment, snippets of ideas that are fleshed out, others that drift away on the tide. I have been…

Friday Photo #3 One Minute To Midnight

It is midsummer, here in the far far north of mainland Scotland. Caithness at this time of year is never truly dark. The simmer dim, or gloaming, keeps all as twilight throughout the scant hours the sun dips below the…

Friday Photo #1 The Barquentine Thalassa.

This is an idea I’ve had tickling my little brain for some months, to simply post a photo with a caption, every Friday. These are likely to be on a huge and wide-ranging variety of topics, simply things I’ve snapped…