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The Cuillins of Rum from Camusdarach beach

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:18:17 +0000

Looking almost like a Himalayan mountain scene we are still here on the beaches of Camusdarach. A rather artistic view showing the higher peaks of Rum and the edge of Eigg. As can be seen, other intrepid explorers enjoy the view too standing on a small rocky outcrop into the sea.

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The Small isles from Mallaig

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:08:52 +0000

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It’s our first evening here and swapping between my binoculars, DSLR camera , phone and glass of wine, I shoot my umpteenth shot of this incredible view from our cottage garden.
Here we see left to right: The isle of Eigg, Rum and the Isle of Skye on the right.
In front of the fence sits a bench with table, as besides this view, just some 30 metres directly below us runs the famous single line of the West Highland Railway, quite often with steam locomotives and heritage carriages but we were two weeks or so too early to see steam. I did see, or rather heard, the diesel trains rushing by a couple of times though.

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The Island of Eigg in the blue-hour

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:09:45 +0000

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After two days of travel we finally arrive at our destination just on the outskirts of Mallaig. Our big cottage window and garden looks out onto this scene which I took within hours of getting here. This boat turned out to be a regular visitor here as it heads towards Mallaig, only a short distance away.

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A misty morning from Trevor

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sun, 24 May 2026 06:02:17 +0000

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Taken from our holiday cottage garden as the mist was starting to burn off. A short time after taking this we were to drive into Llangollen for our Dinas Bran climb. A temptation here to try to get rid of the electric wires but that would be cheating.

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Early morning Ben Lomond

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:16:01 +0000

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As the sun starts to melt away the early morning mist here on Loch Lomond, its famous mountain shows its head.

Ben Lomond is the most southerly Munro (a Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet). Rising to 974 meters (3,196 ft), it is located on the eastern shores of Loch Lomond within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It is highly accessible from Glasgow and offers stunning loch views.

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A Mallaig Sunset

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 15 May 2026 08:17:20 +0000

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This is a view from our holiday cottage window towards the Small Islands and the Isle of Skye. Each evening we sat for above an hour watching the sun go down almost at the centre of this scene. We see here on the left The Island of Rum, then with a bigger space than it appears here from the centre (Point of Sleat) , the Isle of Skye. There is a big gap between the two islands. If I went wider angle here we would also see the Island of Eigg to the left of Rum and further on the right, the rugged Torridon Mountains of Skye.

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Tarbet landing stage

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:50:42 +0000

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Another look down Loch Lomond from this delightful spot. This time taken on a cold morning just as the mist over the water was rising. This presents quite a different view to the evening view shown on here a few days back now. PiP

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Early morning mist in the Dee Valley

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:07:15 +0000

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The sight of some mist from our holiday cottage window makes me dash the two kilometre roads to the River Dee at Trevor. Indeed this photo was taken from near the Llangollen aqueduct. The mist here was dissipating quickly and so I thought I was lucky getting this.

PiP shows the scene just a short distance away a little earlier.

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Natures adventure

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:43 +0000

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A photo taken above Settle in the Yorkshire Dales just as a flock of seagulls were flying past.

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Aqueduct view

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:20:38 +0000

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It seems that no matter from where you see the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, it looks magnificent. Here we see it from the flat playing fields looking east into a slightly misty sunrise. Just beyond the structure the mist is still thick as it follows the River Dee valley here.

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A Welsh valley

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:08:01 +0000

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Here I am stood near Trevor church and Hall looking down into the valley just into the golden hour as the light fades. Below us runs the A539 road and just behind that the River Dee on its way to run under the Llangollen aqueduct, just over a mile to the east (to left side here). This area abounds in public pathways enabling us to wander around quite freely.
(PiP)

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Sun and rain at Elterwater

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:22:26 +0000

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As we return from the lakeside of Elterwater back towards the Skelwith Falls I see this scene through the rain along the river bank. The walkers we see here might look quite colourful and out for a pleasant summer’s walk but they are dressed in their best warm waterproofs, as are we.

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Windswept

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:45:22 +0000

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Another vintage shot, this time from 2013. Taken on a windy day on the Cumbrian coast near Humphrey Head. It must be windy here almost permanently judging from the angle of this tree.

A little artistic edit here to add to the flavour (˚◡˚)

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Leaving Madeira

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:11:56 +0000

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A golden oldie here from 2008: After cruising parts of the Caribbean we sailed across the Atlantic to the Island of Madeira before cruising on to Southampton, England.

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The Langdale Pikes from Eltewater

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:29:36 +0000

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We are in fact on the banks of the River Brathay as it runs out of Elter Water here. Heavy rains abound but the sun peeps out to lighten the foreground for us here. As you can imagine, I loved the brightly lit fence post here as well as the illuminance of the grass.

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A card for winter

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:19:58 +0000

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So far this winter, our weather has been almost totally grey with constant rain and mizzle. This taken a few weeks ago now has been the only real sign of winters of how I like them. Taken on my local walk in a nearby valley I had walked over the bridge and turned around to see this golden light through the trees as the sun at last came over the edge of the valley

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The greens of Coniston Water

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:09:51 +0000

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Even the cold wet weather does not dampen down my spirits as I view this scene from the Coniston boating centre looking NE. The light seems to make the grass look brighter and the tree reflections a little magical.

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Town & Country

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:22:23 +0000

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A view from a hill that I see from my house window. We see in the misty distance the city of Manchester but here the ground is frozen underfoot and urban life seems a long way away. A good hour of hard walking to get back in these conditions.
Taken just a year and some days ago as the recent snows were just starting to melt away on the same day in this year of 2026.
PS to those British viewers who see this, you may see my double-meaning reference to “Town & Country” as we have a car tyre type of the same name and we have prominent tyre tracks here, (more likely done by a tractor though :))

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The first snows of 26

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:23:09 +0000

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Come along with me on one of my local walks only 15 minutes waking from my house and enjoy the best of our winters. In fact the first real downfall of snow we have had this winter. Not very much but in this -6C temperature and sun it looked quite wonderful.
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Mist on the Fells

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:36:58 +0000

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As we walk up the road from Hawkshead towards Tarn Hows, I find a track that doubles back into the trees. From a clearer spot on there I get this easterly view of the early morning mist inversion over what I am sure is Esthwaite Water. The fence attracts me but the lighting brings out all the earthly colours of this wintery foreground. Only minutes later the sky was to become almost cloudless clear blue as we come to Tarn Hows itself (PiP)

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