The Scottish government has given Teampull na Trionaid Conservation Association £194,000 to stabilise the remains of the medieval church on North Uist. It’s a lovely spot and, I for one, am glad that it is being looked after. More details here from the Stornoway Gazette My one and only picture – Click on the image [...]

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As it’s St Patrick’s day today, I thought I’d show off a few images from our autumn trip to Ireland last year. We spent a month travelling along the west coast from Malin Head in the north to the Ring of Kerry in the south. We saw some amazing sights but some of the highlights [...]

Tags: Aran Islands, Connemara, Donegal, Guinness, images, Ireland, Macgillicuddys Reeks, Photography, Poulnabrone Dolmen, print, stock photography

Just out is the latest issue (April 2011) of the Scottish Field magazine. There is a lot of competition out there but I made it on to the cover again, this time with an photograph of Inverness Castle and daffodils beside the River Ness. So, a big thank you to the Scottish Field team and, [...]

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One castle that didn’t make my top ten favourite Scottish Castles is Fast Castle, in the Scottish Borders near St Abbs. Sadly, it’s just a ruin, no more than a few large pieces of masonry remain, but what a position it has overlooking the North Sea, perched rather precariously on a rocky promontory. The castle [...]

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Some sales are starting to roll in from our autumn 2010 trip to the west coast of Ireland, which is good to see. This one of Dun Chonchuir, a ring fort on Inis Meain of the Aran Islands, was used on the cover of The Irish Times Go travel supplement (March 12th, 2011) and to [...]

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March 11th, 2011. Last night a fire broke out in the Castle’s Clock Tower. Little detail is known as yet but the fire was contained within the Tower. More details at BBC Scotland Click on the image to licence for publication or to buy a print.

Tags: Blair Athol, Blair Castle, fire, Scotland

Seeing the first Snowdrop of the year always brings to mind the phrase “Hope Springs Eternal”. The first sign of Spring, the rising of the sap, good times to come! These pictures were taken at Gargunnock House Garden, Gargunnock, near Stirling. Click on the images to either buy a print or licence for publication.

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Seen by 1000′s of motorists every day on the A80 at Cumbernauld, Arria is surely set to become one of Andy Scott’s best known works of art. I love it! Arria is 32ft tall and the design is based on the original meaning of Cumbernauld, the Gaelic “cumer nan allt”, which means the coming together [...]

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