Argyle and bute
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I have often passed this beautiful cemetery and on this particular day decided to stop for a few minutes. Those few minutes turned into approximately 120 minutes and as a result i got this image. I hope you like it.
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Oban Bay A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry negotiates its passage past Maiden Island and around the northern tip of Kerrera into beautiful Oban Bay, on Scotland’s west coast. Dunollie Castle can be seen on the headland right of centre. The hills and mountains on the horizon are on the Morvern peninsula. Date: 17th August 2008
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Beautiful Cardross on a warm summers evening. The farmer had just cut the hay in the field.
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A super sunset at Cardross, Argyll and Bute. Image shot using a Canon 30d. This is a fab place for a walk to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy local wildlife.
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An HDR image of Helensburgh. Image taken from the pier.
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Fingal Fingal is a North American Otter. I would love to be able to report that I took this shot on a Scottish loch somewhere. Well, that’s almost true. His home is the Scottish Sealife Sanctuary on Loch Creran on the West Coast of Scotland. The sanctuary’s main work is the rescue and repatriation of seal pups, abandoned by their mothers around Scotland’s extensive coastline. There is also a well-stocked aquarium and the Otter sanctuary there. Sadly, Fingal’s sister and companion Sula died last winter, so he’s all alone now (sob), apart from thousands of adoring visitors that is. Date: 20th August 2008 Fingal was featured by The Scots Are Coming group. Click here to see another shot of Fingal Looks great as a Greeting card …
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Oban Bay & Kerrera The view from McCaig’s folly, down to Oban quay and across to the sparsely-inhabited Island of Kerrera. The chimney bottom left marks the Oban Distillery and the red-roofed building on the quay is an Italian restaurant! Location, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Date: 17th August 2008
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Seil Island This shot was taken from just outside the former slate-mining village of Ellenabeich, the main settlement on the Island of Seil. Seil is a small island on the east side of the Firth of Lorn, 10-12 miles south-west of Oban, Argyll, Scotland. Seil has been linked to the Scottish mainland since 1792 when Thomas Telford’s Clachan Bridge (otherwise known as the Bridge Over the Atlantic) was built. The slate quarry at Ellenabeich was started by the Campbells of Breadalbane in 1745, and by 1842 new steam powered pumps meant that quarrying could take place to a depth of 250ft below sea level, in a vast pit separated from the sea by just a narrow strip of rock. At the height of the industry in the 1870s, the combined output of the quarry at Elleneabeich and those at nearby Easdale Island, Luing and Belnahua filled ten steamers a week and it was justly claimed that these were “the islands that roofed the world”. Date: 21st August 2008 Click here to see another view from Seil Island
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Robin and my walking boot, Luss, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Seal Of Approval Grey Seal, pictured at the Scottish Sealife Sanctuary on Loch Creran on the West Coast of Scotland. The sanctuary’s main work is the rescue and repatriation of seal pups, abandoned by their mothers around Scotland’s extensive coastline. There is also a well-stocked aquarium and an Otter sanctuary there. Grey seals are found on both sides of the North Atlantic, also on the West Coast of Canada, around Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Northern Norway, North East Russia, in the Baltic Sea and off the British Isles. The British population – two thirds of the worlds population – is found principally off the Scottish Islands, Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, the Pembrokeshire Islands, the Farne Islands and the North and West coasts of Ireland. Amonst their favourite haunts are inaccessible islands, coves and caves. Date: 20th August 2008 Click here to see a Common or Harbour Seal
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The White House With the credit crunch biting deeper, perhaps it’s time for Mr Bush to downsize! Or would he be considered a sub-prime buyer? This White House is on the Crinan Canal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Date: 22nd August 2008 Click here to see Crinan Locks
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Another shot from the waterworks in Helensburgh. I managed to avoid getting all the rubbish thrown into the water in my shot.Such a shame that some people have no respect for their environment and indeed that of the wildlife in this area.
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Evening light at Cardross
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No White Vans Now here’s something you don’t see every day! Thankfully there are no white vans on the island of Easdale, off the west coast of Argyll, Scotland. The locals have devised a far more colourful and environmentally-friendly system of transporting their goods, as depicted here. Date: 21st August 2008 No White Vans was featured by The Scots Are Coming group. Click here to see the Easdale Ferry Shed
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Crinan The Crinan Canal starts at Ardrishaig (near Lochgilphead) on Loch Fyne, and ends nine miles away at Crinan on the Sound of Jura. It was designed to provide a quick link between the west coast and islands at one end and the Clyde Estuary at the other, and so avoid the long voyage around the southern end of the Kintyre Peninsula. This picture shows the lighthouse at the Crinan end of the canal. Work started on the canal in 1794 and it was opened in 1801: two years late, significantly over-budget, and not properly finished. Early problems with water levels and collapsing locks and reservoirs led to parts of the canal being redesigned in 1816. The locks were again reconstructed and deepened in the 1930s, and the canal became the responsibility of British Waterways in 1962. In the nine miles from Ardrishaig to Crinan there are 15 locks and the canal reaches a height of 65 feet above sea level. Every time a boat goes through the locks about 300,000 litres of water are used. No fewer than seven reservoirs feed the summit reach to ensure that the Crinan Canal does not run dry. Every year two to three thousand vessels, mostly pleasure craft, use the canal. This is a far cry from the early days when the canal formed a vital link in Scotland’s transport system. Until the coming of the railways, the fastest way to travel between Glasgow and Inverness was by steamer using the Crinan Canal and the Caledonian Canal, usually calling at Oban en route. Behind the lighthouse is the Crinan Hotel, renowned for its world class seafood restaurant serving Scottish seafood, the freshest of shellfish and the best of Scotland’s meat and cheese. The restaurant at Crinan has won many awards and top reviews for its outstanding cuisine. Date: 22nd August 2008 Click here to see Lismore lighthouse Click here to see the White House at Crinan
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Crinan Locks The cafe at Crinan is a great place to sit in the sunshine and watch the boats pass through the locks. Date: 22nd August 2008 Click here to see the lighthouse at Crinan
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Tobermory Revisited The final shot of my Scotland series. With a population of around 700 people, Tobermory is the ‘capital’ of the Isle of Mull, the 2nd largest of the Inner Hebridean islands and the 4th largest of the Scottish islands. Mull has been inhabited for around 8000 years, but Tobermory was established as recently as 1788 by the British Society for Encouraging Fisheries. The name is derived from the Gaelic ‘Tobar-Mhoire’ (‘Mary’s Well’), after an ancient holy well dedicated to the Virgin Mary in what is now the upper part of the village. The village also has connections with UK children’s TV. In the 1970s, it had a Womble named after it, whilst more recently it was used as the setting for the BBC children’s series Balamory. This has turned Tobermory into a place of pilgrimage for many young fans and their parents. Lots of bemused children wondering why they came here if they can’t meet Balamory’s characters! Although filming ceased in 2005, the appearance of the series on DVD means it still pays to book your accommodation well in advance if you intend to visit. Date: 19th August 2008
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McCaig’s Folly, Oban Another shot of the town of Oban in the West Highlands of Scotland. “McCaigs’s Tower”, or “McCaig’s Folly” was built in the 1890s by John McCaig, a local banker and art critic, the colosseum-like building was to have housed a museum and art gallery, but it was never finished. The building centre shot is Oban Distillery. Date: 19th August 2008
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Yet to see a photograph with the beach at Blackmount…...........maybe no one else can find it ?
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