Thursday 23 February 2012

Ross and Sutherland............................................. images of Scotland in 2007

I'm still sorting through all my images trying to file them in some sort of order... my computer and laptop both crashed last summer but I managed to download my images to an external hard drive... they were in filed in order (sort of) but unedited... the rubbish takes up space and I have been deleting loads as I go through them.
2007

It's a wonderful landscape... miles and miles of beautiful countryside.

 The Summer Isles

I couldn't have wished for better weather.

 Stac Pollaidh ( Stack Polly) is a 2000ft climb with a wonderful craggy top to scramble along.

 Suilven.... stands behind the fishing port Lochinver.
These images don't show the half of the counties of Ross and Sutherland... I have some images on film I took on an earlier trip during the 1990's... I will have to dig them out to scan... 
It's gets better the further north you go.

Skywatch Friday

38 comments:

Unknown said...

Things always improve the further NORTH you go. You said it I didn't. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

Unknown said...

Wonderful pictures..
Intense colors..
Congratulations Andrew..
a smile..
dandelìon

Sylvia K said...

What a gorgeous place, Andrew!! Your photos have really taken my breath away! All that beauty and incredible skies as well! Really superb! Thank you for sharing. Hope you get your files/photos all taken care of soon, it is so frustrating to have something like this happen when the computers fail!! Have a great weekend!

Sylvia

Joop Zand said...

Wonderful landscapes and nice colors,
you have made a few great shots.

greetings, Joop

Steffi said...

Wonderful landscape,Andrew!Thank you for sharing and have a nice weekend!

TexWisGirl said...

really beautiful sky and land scapes!

Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...

Looks amazing Andrew, both landscape and sky in each are wonderful.

grammie g said...

Hi Andrew ... really lovely there..very beautiful country!
I am so used to seeing mountain covered with trees, so these look so odd to me!!
Gracexx

Bob Bushell said...

Beautiful images, I remember Lochinver many years ago, it is my ultimate goal.

Pantherka said...

Wonderfully beautiful scenery, wonderful colors and great photos.

Horst in Edmonton said...

Great landscape you have there, you should come and see the Canadian Rockies.

Sallie (FullTime-Life.com said...

Those are just beautiful -- what a great trip. I have the same problem with my files, with the one difference that my old pictures aren't nearly as good. Thanks for sharing yours!

John @ Beans and I on the Loose said...

Beautiful country dotted with funny names. I'm sure some names of places here in the States seem funny to you Brits.

Carole M. said...

your first photograph is so beautiful Andrew. Know what you're talking about re the photo-file-saving; it starts to get out of hand. I'm in the same boat and it seems such a big task when you could be doing fun things; like taking more photos!

Jason Bugay Reyes said...

So nice my friend ...

Wilma said...

Stunning images. Also like your garden in yesterday's post.

Anonymous said...

So love the 'big sky country' you are sharing. We don't see enough of that here in central New Jersy. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your sorting/clean up project!

Reena said...

Beautiful photos and awesome skies and mountains. Looking forward to seeing more.

Brian King said...

Holy cow! Gorgeous colors in those first three photos! I'm glad you didn't delete any of these.

Gillian Olson said...

The weather looks perfect for photography and walking. Beautiful shots.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Stunning countryside and sky. Such natural beauty!

Gardener in the Distance said...

Glorious!

cieldequimper said...

Oh how wonderful. I have similar photos (also film) of mostly Ross, except that it was in February and though the weather was fair, it wasn't sunny. Thanks for this!

Linnea said...

It looks as if you have the entire place to yourself! I can see why you like it so much. The skies are ever changing!

Zyzzyz said...

Great to see these. I particularloy like the sharp shot of Stac Pollaidh.

The Glebe Blog said...

Beautiful images Andrew. My home country is beautiful.
I've got to disagree slightly with Gary of Vermilon River fame though. There are parts of northern Scotland that can be quite dire especially in the short winter days.Go west and though not on such a grand scale, just as bewitching.

eileeninmd said...

Gorgeous scenery and lovely photos. The summer isles look like a lovely place to visit. Thanks for sharing, happy skywatching!

Tatjana Parkacheva said...

Beautiful photos.

Regards and best wishes

Alan Pavey said...

Fantastic scenery Andrew, beautiful.

Tammy said...

Looks like an amazing place to visit! Beautiful scenery!!

MadSnapper said...

thank you for my visit to Scotland, so very beautiful and a country I would love to visit.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Gorgeous images Andrew, everytime I've visited Scotland it's been raining, so it's good to see that the sun does come out now and then.

Unknown said...

What great blues! The mountain is fantastic.

Ruby said...

Very beautiful pictures. I love Scottish highlands and mountains. Cheers, Ruby

Kathie Brown said...

Beautiful scenery, beautiful skies! I would love to go hiking there!

Unknown said...

Lovely place!

Pat said...

What gorgeous landscapes!

Susan said...

Beautiful, beautiful!