As I was wandering the croft this evening, camera in hand, I noticed a wave of cloud cresting the summit of the Hill of Foudland to the north of us. I had just enough time to capture a couple of frames before the cloud rolled down the Skirts of Foudland and obscured the view.
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It’s March, isn’t it?
25 March, 2012 
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I thought we were still in March when I woke this morning: the third month of the year, the end of winter and the beginning of spring, a cool month in this part of Scotland. By 11am I was having second thoughts, perhaps we were really in May or even June as the sun shone […]
Read more Dunnideer at night
9 January, 2012 2 Comments
An experimental shot of Dunnideer and its castle ruins at night with Bennachie on the right. The clouds behind the hill are illuminated by the lights of Inverurie and Aberdeen, giving them a weird orange glow. I took several 30 and 40-second exposures but this is the only one that was sharp enough to use. […]
Read more Looking towards Insch
2 January, 2012 1 Comment
Blue skies are a good excuse for a walk, at least in our book, so the four of us plus Harvey, our Border Terrier, went for a jaunt from our croft to the neolithic standing stones on the western flank of Dunnideer. It was extremely windy and fairly cold so we didn’t go to the […]
Read more Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!
8 December, 2011 6 Comments
We’re firmly into the storm season now although the media appears to think today’s winds are something unusual with their focus on ‘huge’ waves, hurricane winds and people who ‘can’t remember the last time it was this bad’. How about last winter? Wind speed is around 50mph, with gusts to 70mph. It is dangerous outside, […]
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