Castle Tioram on a day when the cloud nearly touched the sea. If you don't know it, Castle Tioram is a ruin on its own little tidal island (Eilean Tioram) and it is well off the beaten track. It is tucked into a corner of Loch Moidart and controlled access to Loch Shiel, and is not far from Archaracle in Lochaber, Scotland. Unfortuantely the castle is now in a poor state, and I hope the plans to renovate it are put into effect before the place falls down.
Tags: Castle Tioram Eilean Tioram Loch Moidart Loch Shiel Acharacle Lochaber Scotalnd West coast tidal landscape ruin seascape moody low cloud Nikon D5200.
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As we have just moved into British Summer Time, I thought I would take the opportunity to look back to one of the few days last winter when there was snow on the ground. This is the view from Black Hill looking north to Pinnacle Hill and in the distance to the highest point Worcestershire Beacon with the hint of mist coming off the top. Last winter was mainly grey and very wet, so cold bright snowy days like this were very few and far between. I was glad I was in the right place on this day.
Tags: Malvern Hills Worcestershire Beacon Pinnacle Hill Black Hill winter snow landscape cold bright blue sky Worcestershire Nikon D7500.
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This week I simply had to post this one. Not because it is one of the best shots I have taken, far from it, but it is certainly amongst the most painful. I had noticed these little falls on the Taf Fechan on the way to the Taf Fechan Forest car park. Having successfully completed the Corn Du, Pen-y-Fan, Cribyn and Fan-y-Big horseshoe route from the old Neuadd reservoir with Monty dog, I decided to take in a couple of extra photographic stops on the way home. The first was this spot on the Taf Fechan. I parked the car, grabbed the camera in its holster bag and slung it around my neck, and then quickly made my way over towards the river. As usual, there was a short climb down the bank to get to the water's edge. Unfortuantely this time I wasn't properly looking where I was going and stood on a very slippery flat rock - my foot shot from under me and I fell full weight onto my camera. Fortuantely Nikons are made of stern stuff, and the camera bag also helped, so it wasn't damaged. However I can't say the same for two of my lower ribs... So dear reader, please take heed - mind the slippy rocks by waterfalls, cracked ribs hurt a lot and take a while to mend!
Tags: Taf Fechan Brecon Beacons Wales National Park Taf Fechan Forest waterfall rocks river moody weather wind clouds tress rain ouch! Nikon D7500.
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The Pontsticill reservoir 'Plug hole' with water just about overflowing on a grey and misty morning a couple of days ago. Ponsticill is a large reservoir on the river Taf Fechan lying partly in the county of Powys and partly within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark. For those of you who are interested in this sort of thing the reservoir dam is a 110 ft high embankment has, since its completion in 1927, been holding back 15,400 megalitres of water for supply to industry and population of south Wales.
Tags: Ponsticill Reservoir plug hole Ponsticill reservoir dam Brecon Beacons Taf Fechan mist liake water National Park Fforest Fawr Geopark Nikon D7500
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Loch Stack is a lonely and wild place in the far north west of Scotland. A windy single track road goes past it, and this accessibility makes it rightly popular with photographers. In many cases you will see this view across Loch Stack to the great Quartzite lump that is Arkle, with a boarded up shed in the foreground. I have a few of those shots too, but decided that I liked the fleeting light on the little Birch trees that dot the boggy shoreline.
Tags: Loch Stack Arkle landscape Sutherland Scotland far north west Birch tree light clouds lake loch view scenic Nikon D7500 Corbett
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