Thanks for that @Fairygirl. I started looking on the site in preparation for my trip last year (that was cancelled due to Covid.) Thought it was a good site.
All those years ago when we were holidaying in Scotland regularly we used O.S.maps, and a compass. The SMC guide to the Munros was my Bible. The walk reports on the site seem very helpful.
Such a beautiful place to live @Fairygirl. It’s worth the cold damp weather. Ours is nowhere near as dramatic as yours, very damp and bleak but with pretty spots as well.That’s what keeps it green. Walk along the river the other day.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Lovely @Lyn. Water and it's surroundings are always beautiful subjects We moan about the rain, but it's why we have such beautiful landscapes, whether it's up here, or where you are in the south I don't always post, or do walk reports, very often on it @Woodgreen, and I don't use my real name, but it's invaluable for those walk reports etc. It's easily the best site for hillwalking available. It's also a very well moderated site Some of the SMC books, and especially the sites, can be a bit intimidating. The Cameron McNeish books are very good too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You've found my new house @steephill There's a house near me, that I sometimes pass, and the tree in the front garden is covered in little doors. It's quite sweet. Doesn't seem to have done any harm at all to the tree either. I noticed a similar thing last year in a bit of woodland near our local shopping centre too. There's a lot of renovation and regeneration been done there in recent years, so I presume it's to encourage children to take an interest. Residential area, and school nearby.
I've got one in at the old tree stump here, but it's quite covered over with various plants now. Maybe I should go and find it!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Here's some I took on a hiking trip in Nepal of the top of a Rhododendron forest overlooking Annapurna (I think its Annapurna there are so many mountains there). These trees and the forest were massive. Never seen Rhododendrons this large before.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
We had heavy rain last week and the farm track up the road had a bit of a wash out from all the streams overflowing. I saw the base of this bottle poking out of an old pile of ash in one of the potholes among lots of broken glass and bits of Brown Betty teapot. I guess someone must have asked the ash cart to patch up the track many years ago. This has probably survived being run over for 100 years or so and still has the cork in it.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
That's really pretty @wild edges. All cleaned up, that'll be lovely for all sorts of uses. My BIL used to do a lot of diving [still does] and he regularly brought back all sorts of treasures - pottery jugs etc, from his trips , mainly around the west coast up here.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Don't usually take my camera when I'm just out round the doors, but I took a couple of photos at the end of September, when I said I'd get a photo of a birch tree for a forum member.
Nothing left on this now unfortunately! One of the rowans at the local Co op
and a couple from this morning - the field up the road A maple in a garden nearby
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Some lovely photographs on this thread. I used to be a very keen photographer until my husband died 6 years ago but then lost interest totally. I kept my gear though - just in case. Lately, I've felt a stirring to get cracking again and thought this week might be the start of taking an interest again as I'm over on Mull for the week.
Best laid plans and all that. The weather isn't at all conducive for photography, can barely see a mountain. I'm based at the foot of Ben More but can't see it. However, I'll try posting a pic from my phone that I took yesterday of the bottom of the garden to check if I upload it properly.
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I started looking on the site in preparation for my trip last year (that was cancelled due to Covid.) Thought it was a good site.
All those years ago when we were holidaying in Scotland regularly we used O.S.maps, and a compass. The SMC guide to the Munros was my Bible. The walk reports on the site seem very helpful.
Ours is nowhere near as dramatic as yours, very damp and bleak but with pretty spots as well.That’s what keeps it green.
Walk along the river the other day.
We moan about the rain, but it's why we have such beautiful landscapes, whether it's up here, or where you are in the south
I don't always post, or do walk reports, very often on it @Woodgreen, and I don't use my real name, but it's invaluable for those walk reports etc. It's easily the best site for hillwalking available. It's also a very well moderated site
Some of the SMC books, and especially the sites, can be a bit intimidating. The Cameron McNeish books are very good too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There's a house near me, that I sometimes pass, and the tree in the front garden is covered in little doors. It's quite sweet. Doesn't seem to have done any harm at all to the tree either.
I noticed a similar thing last year in a bit of woodland near our local shopping centre too. There's a lot of renovation and regeneration been done there in recent years, so I presume it's to encourage children to take an interest. Residential area, and school nearby.
I've got one in at the old tree stump here, but it's quite covered over with various plants now. Maybe I should go and find it!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Nothing left on this now unfortunately!
One of the rowans at the local Co op
and a couple from this morning - the field up the road
A maple in a garden nearby
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Best laid plans and all that. The weather isn't at all conducive for photography, can barely see a mountain. I'm based at the foot of Ben More but can't see it. However, I'll try posting a pic from my phone that I took yesterday of the bottom of the garden to check if I upload it properly.