I don't think many of them come with a card, P.Jo. Mine certainly haven't, and when I was buying a new one, none of the ones I looked at came with a card. Got out to a couple of small hills last week, making the most of the weather, although it was uncomfortably hot on Tuesday, with no breeze. Ben A'an, in The Trossachs, is very popular as it's really accessible for those who aren't regular walkers. A lot of forestry has been cleared, and the heavily eroded path redone, so it's a much easier walk now. Views are lovely - down Loch Katrine, with Ben Venue on the other side The summit cone from the new path and looking the other way down Loch Achray Back up to Ben Donich on Thursday afternoon, where there was a nice breeze to keep me, and the locals, cool Summit view south, down Loch Goil and north east, across to Beinn Narnain and The Cobbler
and NNEast across to Ben Lui and her three friends, the Tyndrum hills Neighbouring Beinn an Lochain, with little Loch Restil at it's feet, next to the road
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Back from a weekend visit to Ireland, where we were staying in the National Park hostel in the Burren (daughter was snowed under with an arts festival she was organising) and looking at the house we'll be moving to in County Clare. We had fun, and the Burren was amazing...
This little patch of vegetation was gorgeous - orchids, primroses, cowslips, violets...
etc...
Interesting blow-through walls.
This bit of Lough Derg is a ten minute walk from our new house.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Beautiful, Liri. I've just seen your post about the new house. Fantastic I love that first pic. I looked up the Burren. as I didn't know anything about it. It's a stunning looking place.
I hope you have many happy years in your new home, with lots of new landscapes and vistas to explore and enjoy.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A wee outing to the Galloway forest yesterday to make the most of a dry day after all the rain. The Merrick, highest of the Corbetts [or Donalds, as they're called in the southern regions] at 843 metres was the target. Fairly straightforward [once you find the correct car park] as there's a good, structured path, albeit a bit bouldery and boggy in places, but a constant ascent through some forestry and then up the open hillside to the subsidiary top of Benyellary.
On a really clear day you can see Ireland and the Isle of Man. Too hazy for the camera, but Arran and the little lump of Ailsa Craig are just about visible on the horizon
The route round to the summit, from Benyellary
Loch Enoch, to the east, from the summit plateau. It has an island with it's own lochan, one of only two lochs with this feature, the other being Loch Maree
There's alovely waterfall below this, but it's virtually impossible to get close in to see it because of all the woodland
I think this could be another sexton beetle. Need wild edges again for an ID. If it is - that's typical - like buses, never seen one until last week, and then two come along at once
Bruce's Stone is another feature to visit back near the car park Only a matter of time before Mrs Sturgeon has her photie taken here in her 'see you Jimmy' hat ....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Got out to a couple of small hills last week, making the most of the weather, although it was uncomfortably hot on Tuesday, with no breeze.
Ben A'an, in The Trossachs, is very popular as it's really accessible for those who aren't regular walkers. A lot of forestry has been cleared, and the heavily eroded path redone, so it's a much easier walk now.
Views are lovely - down Loch Katrine, with Ben Venue on the other side
The summit cone from the new path
and looking the other way down Loch Achray
Back up to Ben Donich on Thursday afternoon, where there was a nice breeze to keep me, and the locals, cool
Summit view south, down Loch Goil
and north east, across to Beinn Narnain and The Cobbler
and NNEast across to Ben Lui and her three friends, the Tyndrum hills
Neighbouring Beinn an Lochain, with little Loch Restil at it's feet, next to the road
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Back from a weekend visit to Ireland, where we were staying in the National Park hostel in the Burren (daughter was snowed under with an arts festival she was organising) and looking at the house we'll be moving to in County Clare. We had fun, and the Burren was amazing...
This little patch of vegetation was gorgeous - orchids, primroses, cowslips, violets...
etc...
Interesting blow-through walls.
This bit of Lough Derg is a ten minute walk from our new house.
I love that first pic. I looked up the Burren. as I didn't know anything about it. It's a stunning looking place.
I hope you have many happy years in your new home, with lots of new landscapes and vistas to explore and enjoy.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairly straightforward [once you find the correct car park] as there's a good, structured path, albeit a bit bouldery and boggy in places, but a constant ascent through some forestry and then up the open hillside to the subsidiary top of Benyellary.
On a really clear day you can see Ireland and the Isle of Man. Too hazy for the camera, but Arran and the little lump of Ailsa Craig are just about visible on the horizon
The route round to the summit, from Benyellary
Loch Enoch, to the east, from the summit plateau. It has an island with it's own lochan, one of only two lochs with this feature, the other being Loch Maree
There's alovely waterfall below this, but it's virtually impossible to get close in to see it because of all the woodland
I think this could be another sexton beetle. Need wild edges again for an ID.
If it is - that's typical - like buses, never seen one until last week, and then two come along at once
Bruce's Stone is another feature to visit back near the car park
Only a matter of time before Mrs Sturgeon has her photie taken here in her 'see you Jimmy' hat ....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...