Size is probably the issue Iamweedy. No tittering at the back please
If the pix are any bigger than about 2MB they either don't load or they take forever. I automatically resize everything over 2 and they end up around 1 or below. Most of mine are above 4 or 5 to start with anyway. It'll depend on the camera or device you're using.
Lovely pic. The sky is stunning at this time of year if the weather's right
Glad you like them chrissy. I had to stop for several years due to knee problems, but it was driving me nuts. I got knee braces suitable for my condition and it's allowed me to get back out there in the last two years. I missed all the snow through November, but the last few weeks have been great walking weather. Unusual for this time of year as it's normally pretty wild and vile. Hope to get more when the snow comes back later this week.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've enjoyed doing quite a few of your jigsaws, too, and found it makes me appreciate the photos more - looking in greater detail, I suppose. Icicles last night...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I wonder if you ever meet a bearded chap in a kilt with 2 Border Collies on your walks? My brother, from Crieff, goes hill walking. Must be a vast area though and yours looks more like mountains.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Lovely picture Iamweedy, I love sunset/rise pictures, in fact I love all the pictures on here - it is so lovely to see the views that other Forum members capture so well. It is a beautiful world if you can get away from the hustle and bustle.
I haven't BL - but I'm sure I'd remember if I did!
Technically - hills over 3,000 feet are mountains, so all the Munros are mountains as they're Scottish hills of 3,000 feet and more. There are nine over 4,000. The one I was on the other day is a Corbett - hills of 2,500 to 3,000 feet. It's just over 2, 900 feet. Most hillwalkers just call them all hills though.
The Lochnagar hills are five Munros, although Lochnagar is actually the corrie and lochan as in those hills I was on. Driesh and Mayar further along the glen, are also Munros.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I took that photo hanging half out of my bedroom window and aimed between the houses. Had I realised that such a show was likely I would have gone down the road and found a better view point, but I did not have time.
It's lovely IAW. Sometimes it's the only way to catch a photo - I've done it myself! The view often doesn't last very long.
Did you manage to resize or sort out your photo loading issue?
I had a look online to see if I could find out about the wreath at that rock at Loch Brandy in one of my photos. Apparently there's a cairn with a plaque at the head of the corrie, but, as I went up the east side of it rather than the west, I didn't go past it. A young lad's body was found nearby two years ago. His name was Luke Ireland. He'd died while running in Glen Clova and was only twenty. The symbols on the wreath were a 4 and a 5 with a dagger in between. He was a marine - with the Arbroath based 45 Commando. How sad. So young.
He has a beautiful view forever more though - from the top of the corrie in the middle of this pic.
The wreath at the rock . The photo above was taken from here
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It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What a sad and poignant end to such a young life - he was doing something that he obviously enjoyed but do you think he fell,died of exposure perhaps, Fairy. In these days of mobiles, depending where you are for signals I would hope that less people are lost on these hills than in the past.
I don't know GD - falling is the most likely and it doesn't take long to get seriously cold, even in summer if you have no equipment, and runners travel light. My friend's dad was a marine and they're used to tough conditions and just getting on with it. They have to, don't they?
I felt terribly moved reading it - I suppose because my youngest will be twenty soon, and he was born the same year as my oldest.
You can always call emergency services even if there's no signal - they must use a different frequency. Down in glens is where you rarely get a signal - up top is usually better as it's more open, but it's not consistent anywhere.
I shall remember Luke Ireland though, when I'm on hills up there, and on Remembrance Day.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Lovely to see that Glen Clova is still popular although it doesn't look like it has changed much over the last few decades. Here's a few from around Loch Brandy taken about 1990.
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Size is probably the issue Iamweedy. No tittering at the back please
If the pix are any bigger than about 2MB they either don't load or they take forever. I automatically resize everything over 2 and they end up around 1 or below. Most of mine are above 4 or 5 to start with anyway. It'll depend on the camera or device you're using.
Lovely pic. The sky is stunning at this time of year if the weather's right
Glad you like them chrissy. I had to stop for several years due to knee problems, but it was driving me nuts. I got knee braces suitable for my condition and it's allowed me to get back out there in the last two years. I missed all the snow through November, but the last few weeks have been great walking weather. Unusual for this time of year as it's normally pretty wild and vile. Hope to get more when the snow comes back later this week.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Great photos, Fairy. Thank you!
I've enjoyed doing quite a few of your jigsaws, too, and found it makes me appreciate the photos more - looking in greater detail, I suppose. Icicles last night...
I wonder if you ever meet a bearded chap in a kilt with 2 Border Collies on your walks? My brother, from Crieff, goes hill walking. Must be a vast area though and yours looks more like mountains.
Lovely picture Iamweedy, I love sunset/rise pictures, in fact I love all the pictures on here - it is so lovely to see the views that other Forum members capture so well. It is a beautiful world if you can get away from the hustle and bustle.
I haven't BL - but I'm sure I'd remember if I did!
Technically - hills over 3,000 feet are mountains, so all the Munros are mountains as they're Scottish hills of 3,000 feet and more. There are nine over 4,000. The one I was on the other day is a Corbett - hills of 2,500 to 3,000 feet. It's just over 2, 900 feet. Most hillwalkers just call them all hills though.
The Lochnagar hills are five Munros, although Lochnagar is actually the corrie and lochan as in those hills I was on. Driesh and Mayar further along the glen, are also Munros.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I took that photo hanging half out of my bedroom window and aimed between the houses. Had I realised that such a show was likely I would have gone down the road and found a better view point, but I did not have time.
I am pleased with it.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
It's lovely IAW. Sometimes it's the only way to catch a photo - I've done it myself! The view often doesn't last very long.
Did you manage to resize or sort out your photo loading issue?
I had a look online to see if I could find out about the wreath at that rock at Loch Brandy in one of my photos. Apparently there's a cairn with a plaque at the head of the corrie, but, as I went up the east side of it rather than the west, I didn't go past it. A young lad's body was found nearby two years ago. His name was Luke Ireland. He'd died while running in Glen Clova and was only twenty. The symbols on the wreath were a 4 and a 5 with a dagger in between. He was a marine - with the Arbroath based 45 Commando. How sad. So young.
He has a beautiful view forever more though - from the top of the corrie in the middle of this pic.
The wreath at the rock . The photo above was taken from here
Last edited: 20 December 2016 20:34:39
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What a sad and poignant end to such a young life - he was doing something that he obviously enjoyed but do you think he fell,died of exposure perhaps, Fairy. In these days of mobiles, depending where you are for signals I would hope that less people are lost on these hills than in the past.
I don't know GD - falling is the most likely and it doesn't take long to get seriously cold, even in summer if you have no equipment, and runners travel light. My friend's dad was a marine and they're used to tough conditions and just getting on with it. They have to, don't they?
I felt terribly moved reading it - I suppose because my youngest will be twenty soon, and he was born the same year as my oldest.
You can always call emergency services even if there's no signal - they must use a different frequency. Down in glens is where you rarely get a signal - up top is usually better as it's more open, but it's not consistent anywhere.
I shall remember Luke Ireland though, when I'm on hills up there, and on Remembrance Day.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Lovely to see that Glen Clova is still popular although it doesn't look like it has changed much over the last few decades. Here's a few from around Loch Brandy taken about 1990.