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Category: Photography

Up and Down Days, Part Six: Cold Forged
Hillwalking, Landscape, Long Form, Photography, Prose, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part Six: Cold Forged

The day I enjoyed on An Teallach with Doug, Jack and the others was one of the best hill days … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part Six: Cold Forged

Up and Down Days, Part Five: The Smiddy and The Forge
Hillwalking, Long Form, Photography, Prose, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part Five: The Smiddy and The Forge

Part Five: The Smiddy and The Forge In the morning gloom of another tiny hut somewhere in the Highlands, I … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part Five: The Smiddy and The Forge

Up and Down Days Part Three: Zero to Hero
Hillwalking, Landscape, Long Form, Photography, Writing

Up and Down Days Part Three: Zero to Hero

The annual Burns Night trip to Skye was usually the highlight of the mountaineering club calendar. The third weekend in … Continue reading Up and Down Days Part Three: Zero to Hero

Hillwalking, Landscape, Long Form, Painting, People, Photography, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part One: The Bay of Water

For many years I’ve liked to tell people that I have an ‘up and down’ relationship with Scotland’s hills. Partly … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part One: The Bay of Water

Hillwalking, Landscape, Photography, Video

Lost in the Highlands

Scotland’s mountains have the power to make you feel a certain way, a way many describe as magical. The way … Continue reading Lost in the Highlands

Hillwalking, Landscape, Photography, Prose, Writing

The House of the Father, in the Valley of the Mother

David Lintern makes a personal journey to the oldest surviving Celtic ritual site in Europe, and bags a few Munros … Continue reading The House of the Father, in the Valley of the Mother

People, Writing

Thoughts on The Darkest Day

Hi. If you’d rather listen to this post than read it, then here is an audio recording. The full text … Continue reading Thoughts on The Darkest Day

Hillwalking, Landscape, Photography, Prose, Writing

A Winter Camp in the Cairngorms

The night was cold but still as we left the Sugarbowl, crossing the rushing Allt Mor in darkness. Nothing stirred … Continue reading A Winter Camp in the Cairngorms

Landscape, Photography, Prose, Writing

Adventures in Miniature

No no nooooo! Arms windmilling wildly, I pull my left foot out of the thick goopy bog and try to … Continue reading Adventures in Miniature

Landscape, Photography, Writing

Today Was a Gift

A few days ago the first snows of winter arrived on the mountains. There was a hard edged clarity of … Continue reading Today Was a Gift

Hillwalking, Landscape, Photography

A Glorious Cairngorms Trip Above The Clouds

Sometimes tiny details in the weather forecast are worth pursuing. Towards the end of last week the gloomy outlook was … Continue reading A Glorious Cairngorms Trip Above The Clouds

Landscape, Long Form, Prose

Come Further Up, Come Further In

“Over the garden fence, behind the railway and the cherry trees, the Cairngorms are waiting. They should be more than a mere background to life.” Continue reading Come Further Up, Come Further In

The Oaks of Sunart
Landscape, Photography, Prose, Writing

The Oaks of Sunart

As soon as the man on the phone stopped shouting at me and hung up, I made up my mind … Continue reading The Oaks of Sunart

Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time
Landscape, Photography, Prose, Writing

Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time

On a cloudy October morning in 2008, I quietly opened the door of Ling Hut, where we had arrived in … Continue reading Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time

Looking Closely at Things
Landscape, Photography, Prose, Writing

Looking Closely at Things

One of the great joys that photography can bring you is the ability to notice things that other people can’t … Continue reading Looking Closely at Things

A Portfolio of Water
Landscape, Photography

A Portfolio of Water

A while ago I wrote about the wonderful way in which looking at the natural world will teach you to … Continue reading A Portfolio of Water

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