Recognise the beauty
D A L C H I O R L I C H Today, I crossed the bridge that you set out on as December 1897 closed. Changes have taken place … Continue reading Recognise the beauty
Category: Scotland
Scotland today and Scotland past
Friends called her Art
Towards the end of last year I ventured to SEEFEW. I did so in remembrance of Elizabeth Hall, who died there a month short of her 16th birthday: To watch a … Continue reading Friends called her Art
‘In the last few months of your life’
In what was to be the last few months of your life – you knitted ‘BIG TED’ for me. Our friendship – you were the strong one – was in … Continue reading ‘In the last few months of your life’
‘It’s the adventurous who are shy’
Last week I spent a few days exploring with Big Ted. We visited Glen Tilt, Glen Lyon and Glen Orchy. We stayed in Dalmally where I wrote a few poems. … Continue reading ‘It’s the adventurous who are shy’
Glenlochsie Lodge: ‘Just a pile of rubble now’
1868 Ordnance Survey map: 1898 Ordnance Survey map: May 1903, Cairngorm Club: May 1903, Cairngorm Club: January 1912, Cairngorm Club: 2003: 2023:
Dunbarney Windmill
Dunbarney Windmill, Perthshire:
Life is worth Living
I am about to set off on my next wee adventure and am hoping to revisit Glen Tilt in Perthshire.
‘Put the IT in FITness’
A newspaper advert from a 1930s Scottish paper [coloured and overlayed by Peter Scott-Gordon]