Miscellaneous Monday #5

The Pass of the Cattle

was the only road linking Applecross peninsula

with rest of the world until late 20th Century

still one take ones heart in ones mouth whilst climbing

Bealach na ba

a single lane, yet two way, hairpin road

rising 2,054 ft

we passed in awe a lone cyclist just before the summit

Looking back over the winding stream, Loch Carron and Plockton

I took this leaning out of the car window

without zoom

but always with va va voom

A Rainy Day Out...

On wednesday Larry had a business appointment in Glasgow,

fortuitously I cadged a lift and

I spent the day at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery

A place l've been to several times and I always find it peaceful and stimulating

it can be every busy, but as it was (typically) a rainy day, with gale force winds forecast,

most sensible people stayed home and dry, so I had the place virtually to myself

(click any to enlarge)

sculpture: Queen Victoria welcomes...

Sophy Cave's installation of floating head

juxtaposed wildlife and a WW2 Spitfire

Anna Pavlova, John Lavery

Scottish Painters Room

another quiet, empty corridor

stunning Charles Rennie Mackintosh fireplace

the main hall

more sculpture

as I left the building, the light was fading fast,

the lamps and trees were twinkling through the rain

G is for Gairloch - ABC WEDNESDAY

ABC WEDNESDAY - round 3

a cove at Gairloch 2007

I was just thinking that this time last year we had just returned from a late summer trip to the North West of Scotland.

Ben Eigh 2007

Of course, it was dull and mostly wet, but we had a great relaxing time.
We stayed in a log cabin for 5 days in Kinlochewe,
under the shadow of Ben Eigh on the shores of Loch Maree

We walked a lot and watched the wildlife, including skuas, G-uillemonts, G-annets, cormorants, porpoises and seals whilst on a boat trip out into Loch G-airloch.

Loch Gairloch

The nearest town was G-airloch, where we visited the fabulous Hillbillies Cafe for morning coffee and afternoon tea and sometimes just for piece of lemon meringue pie. With its adjacent book shop I was in heaven, food and books, what more can a girl ask for....

Bealach na Ba, Skye

We took the car up the world reknowned Cattle Pass and then down to Applecross, something we did when we were younger before we had the children and had regaled them with tales of the steep and winding drive up. At the top, where it is so cold and blustery even in August the view over to Isle of Skye and Bealach na Ba was amazing.

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