Threading the Eye of the Needle

The first weekend following the easing of lockdown restrictions and an…

Superb Winter Light at Loch Glascarnoch

A frozen Loch Glascarnoch and winter hills in full snow cover - a rare…

A gentle paddle on the Cromarty Firth

Rob and Fiona, staying in the area provided an opportunity for a socially…

A Sea Kayaking Journey around Troup Head

We'd paddled around Troup Head a few years ago and, given the weather and the…

A sea kayaking exploration of the Sutherland coastline

Launching from Clachnessie beach, the idea was to paddle across to Eilean…

A peaceful paddle into lonely Loch Teacuis

Staying at Resipole campsite this Easter provided Tania and me with an…

A superb viewpoint from Beinn Enaiglair

A day out on the hills, just after New Year. Beinn Enaiglair sits just above…

Cul Mor High Mountain Phototour

May Bank Holiday weekend and a plan that had been several months in the…

A sea kayaking journey around Tarbat Ness

I've wanted to paddle around the Tarbat Ness peninsula for a while now and here…

Spectacular sunsets

A weekend away in September, at Finechty, over on the Moray coastline  and an…

Islands in the Minch

A sea kayaking journey into the Minch from the north end of Skye taking in the…

Sunrise and silhouettes

Sunrise on Skye

The end of an Easter sea kayaking break on Skye saw Tania and me heading back…

Glen Brittle Beach

Situated at the foot of Glen Brittle on Skye, Glen Brittle campsite is a…

Eilean Donan Castle

Views towards iconic Eilean Donan Castle at Loch Duich

The view from the Old Man of Storr

One of the best known landmarks on Skye and possibly one of the most…

Exploring the Arisaig coast by sea kayak

A few days sea kayaking in Arisaig, exploring the Knoydart and the Arisaig…

An introduction to 360 mountain photography

At 1084m high, Beinn Dearg, near Ullapool is one of the highest hills in the…

The Traverse of Liathach

July and the height of summer saw Tania, Mick and me heading for Liathach and…

A Winter Day In Kintail

Friday evening and time to make plans for the hills for the weekend. We agreed…

Dundonnell MRT Winter Training Week

A week of winter mountain rescue training, based in the Aviemore/Newtonmore…

Winter Mountain Leader Training

A windy week in the Cairngorms - and how I met my wife....!

A winter day on the Glenfeshie hills

Mid January and the forecast setting fair for the weekend. Sitting at lunch in…

Winter Light at Strathconon

There’s not a lot of daylight in mid December in the north of Scotland…. So…

Magical Winter hills – Cairngorm and Ben Macdui

A winter stomp over Cairngorm and out to Ben Macdui with magical long distance…

Floors Castle

Floors Castle, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders, is the largest inhabited…

Culbin Sands

Culbin Sands, an expanse of coastline and forest on the Moray Coastline. Scenic…

Images of Castle Stalker

A short series of photographs taken looking on to Castle Stalker and the Appin…

Shiant Islands

Cruising the Minch with the Coastguard

The 3rd annual Emergency Services Open Day at Stornoway and a visit to the…

A day on the hills in Glenshee

A long day out on Carn an Righ and Glas Tulaichean but with fabulous views…

A round of the Corrour Hills

A weekend with pals on the Corrour hills. Dropped off by the train at Corrour…

Images of Slioch

Late Autumn light on Slioch with blues, golds and greens, captured from Grudie…

Rippled sands at Findhorn Beach

Enjoying the light at Findhorn

A day to enjoy the light at Findhorn…

Beech Trees and shadows at Randolph's Leap

Autumn Colours at Randolph’s Leap

Randolph’s Leap, by the River Findhorn is named after Thomas Randolph, later…

Clava Cairns, Inverness

Clava Cairns or the Prehistoric Burial Cairns of Bulnuaran are a group of three…

Above the clouds on Ruadh Stac Mor

The weekend of the annual Great Wilderness Challenge was approaching and…

Ballachulish

A late summer evening with full sun on the hills above Ballachulish, with time…

The Grey Cairns of Camster

Camster Cairns in the Caithness Flow Country - a pair of Neolithic tombs and…

Behind the Scenes on Ruadh Stac Mor

Safety cover for the Great Wilderness Challenge. A personal perspective by Bill…

DMRT Exercise with the RAF

A day of exercising with the RAF Search and Rescue helicopter