The Duirinish coast, Skye.

I have, for some considerable time, intended to walk the remote and isolated coastline of northwest Skye from Ramasaig to Orbost. Having walked the northernmost few miles as far as Lorgill on previous short walks with the family, I chose…

Skye sunset

It is now the time of year when late on a clear evening the sun can be seen from north Skye setting over the Western Isles. It is quite magical to be on the beach or sitting at the top…

Shortlisted

It’s a change from the usual landscapes featured here, but I’m very pleased to have been shortlisted in the Travel category of the Amateur Photographer of the Year competition. This is an image taken at Oxenhope on the Keighley and…

Back to the beginning

Last month I headed with a group of friends for Beinn Mheadhoin, a remote mountain in the heart of the Cairngorms. I first went this way almost thirty years ago, at the age of seventeen, when it became my third…