after the winter...

…that never really was



(it was just a long. long, wet, windy, frequently stormy and at least once hurricaned, autumn.


Then in late March came a balmy spring, which sent us scampering from our Glasgow hangout to the beach at Ayr

Ayr, March 28th 2012

This was the hottest March day in recoded Scottish meteo-history. Some rare sights for Ayrshire in spring:

Ayr, March 28th 2012

But within a week winter finally arrived. Snow fell overnight across Scotland on April 2nd, though here in the Great Glen we got off very light. Just a couple of inches in our garden and a picturesque powdering of the hilltops. By the end of Wednesday the 4th, we had a beautiful and summery gloaming light on the loch, below the snow-capped peaks:

Glenalbyn Gloaming 4/4/12

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back to the beach at sunset

it’s the eve of our 10th Wedding Anniversary



and here we are back at our old honeymoon haunts - and chasing again the sunset down to the beach at Traigh, by Arisaig. This time, though, there’s snow on the beach, right down to the high tide mark

Midwinter Sunset at Traigh 2010
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just another winter sunset

in Fort William. Just one hour ago.



Sunset on Loch Linnhe at Fort William<br />Loses a bit in the jpeg compression, but still - hopefully gives some idea why we choose to be here...<br /><br />Loses a bit in the jpeg compression, but still - hopefully gives some idea why we choose to be here...<br /><br />Fort William : Sunset on Loch Linnhe


Loses a bit in the jpeg compression, but still - hopefully gives some idea why we choose to be here...
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spring, and the Hills are Burning

long evenings, now. This shot taken tonight from our driveway



about 8.45pm, with a fine sunset glow in the wispy cirrus, and fires still alight where the annual heather-burn is underway.

You can see flames near the top of Meall an’t Slamain, and more smoke rising out of the glen to the left.

Fire! Fire on the Mountain!

Not a bad view, we have here!!
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