02/04/2025 – Photo looking over the ramparts north to reds and greens of the northern lights.
Evening walk up Tap o’ Noth in Aberdeenshire. We took the scope and spent 4hrs on top, just sitting, having a brew and chatting to the stars. It was chilly but we hid behind the ramparts so it was OK. Aurora, stars, galaxies and nebula on a dark night, it was all pretty magic.
16/05/2024 – Looking towards the barrow. It’s a bit higher up the slope that in Drew’s photos I think. I didn’t go looking as it’s a mess up there and I was tired.
28/01/2024 – Tyrebagger stone circle this evening. The big stones are silhouetted against the twilight sky. The stones have stood here in silence for over 4000 years.
29/12/2023 – Towards the end of Astronomical Twilight. Mither Tap, silhouetted against a starry sky. The glow of the towns and city behind. Cold on the hill this evening.
25/12/2023 – The two remaining flankers of South Fornet recumbent stone circle. Christmas Day.
24/12/2023 – The single remaining stone of Fullerton stone circle. First time I’ve visited here. Been past it many, many times. Today just felt the right time to visit.
12/11/2023 – After sunset visit to Tyrebagger stone circle. Well into Nautical Twilight now. It was raining a bit and cloudy. The oddish purple colours to the sky come from the lights of nearby airport and the city beyond bouncing of the low clouds.
30/06/2023 – Mousa Broch. View from half way up (or down depending which way you are going).
30/06/2023 – Mousa Broch. Internal stairs. The steps are a bit random in size. I like a bit of random.
30/06/2023 – Top of Mousa Broch. That flagstone is perfect building material, probably why it’s stood for so long.
29/06/2023 – Brough Head broch. Lump of the broch (grassed over). Farmhouse to the left.
29/06/2023 – Brough Head broch at the entrance to the Pool of Virkie. Airport runway and Sumburgh Head behind.
29/06/2023 – Brough Head broch. Looking into what would have been the interior of the broch.
28/06/2023 – This is the fourth time I’ve visited Sumburgh Head over the years. There isn’t much of the fort/possible broch to see but the views are nice and I finally met the current inhabitants – lovely puffins (the main reason everyone comes here). Still light at near 11pm. What a place to live back in the day. View down to the sea from inside what would have been the interior of the fort. Canmore entry is worth a read.
28/06/2023 – Setting sun behind Jarlshof. It was a nice evening.
28/06/2023 – Between the inner and outer wall of the broch.
28/06/2023 – The broch wall. Full of lichen.
27/06/2023 – It’s been ages since anyone posted a picture of Britain’s most northerly lump of rock so I thought I’d upload a new one. Not much has changed in the last 20 years, no surprise really for rocks formed over 500 million years ago.
26/06/2023 – Muckle Heog East cairn. Looking down to Muckle Heog West cairn.
26/06/2023 – Muckle Heog East cairn. The displaced stones on the southside.
26/06/2023 – Muckle Heog East cairn. View over the cairn stones to the rest of the rocky hillside.
26/06/2023 – Muckle Heog East cairn at top, what’s this hole next to it??
26/06/2023 – Muckle Heog West Cairn. The discarded stones from Muckle Heog East Cairn (top of hill) can be seen beyond where they were thrown from the top.
26/06/2023 – Rounds Of Tivla. Main Cairn. A small mound of stones in the middle surrounded by three circular low stone banks with two intermediate ditches.
