It was on this day . . . January 28th – It was on this day in 1928 that Field Marshal Earl Haig, the Commander in Chief of British forces (1915-18) and founder of the British Legion, died. More info on Earl Haig at wikipedia Information is sourced from BBC Scotland’s – On this day [...]

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It was on this day . . . January 25th – It was on this day in 1759 that Scotland’s National Bard Robbie Burns was born. Burns wrote Tam O’Shanter, one of his most popular poems, in 1790. This fine statue of Tam O’Shanter can be found in the Burns Memorial Garden, Alloway, South Ayrshire, [...]

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Stock Images & Prints of the Forth Rail Bridge. January 24th -It was this day in 1890 that a train first crossed the Forth Rail Bridge.

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I heard on the radio this morning that Starbucks in the U.S are introducing a new size coffee cup, the 31oz “Trenta”, which is larger than the average human stomach! Read more about Starbuck’s Trenta in this Independent article. So why am I writing about this? Well, as much as I like coffee, when I [...]

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More than twenty years ago I used to live on the “Bonnie Banks” of Loch Lomond and one of my favourite walks was to the top of Conic Hill, a lovely spot which walkers of the West Highland Way will know well. We took a trip back there a couple of days before Christmas on [...]

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The start of a New Year (2011) seems like a good time to give Scot-image a bit of a makeover, freshen things up a bit and make the website easier on the eye. Plus, more importantly, display my stock photography with more impact. Here are some of the more notable changes that I’ve made- Scot-image [...]

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Here are five of my favourite new images from this year. Definite highlights for me this year were a trip to Wester Ross in February, discovering our garden on a macro scale and our trip to Ireland in October. Oh, and I also have to mention the completion of our first round of Munros on a beautiful day in June.

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A winter sunrise from the Ochils image. The forecast was for cloud heading in from the west around sunrise, which if the timing was right could give some stunning skies. Well, it didn’t turn out quite like that but I did manage one shot as the sun rose above the horizon and just before it was obscured by cloud.

Tags: Clackmannanshire, David Robertson, Ochils, Scot-image, Scotland, snow, stock photography, sunrise, winter