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A calm sunset

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:34:30 +0000

A view towards the Small Islands of Scotland from Mallaig.

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HFF ~ Lets go walk on the beach

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:29:29 +0000

Another view of one of the little sandy bays of Camusdarach here. "Hold on to the rope, it might be slippy". Ahead we see Eigg and Rum of the Small Islands.

See PiP for the same bay from a different spot.

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The Nugget Creek Falls

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:53:37 +0000

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Just outside the Alaska coastal town of Juneau in Alaska and next to the Mendenhall Glacier. This is in fact the bottom of two falls, each of 99ft (30m) dropping a total height of 115m high (377ft). An impressive sight indeed. Judge the height by the size of the people below. PiP has mapping.

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Man in a hurry

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:30:21 +0000

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Seen in the centre of Manchester some twelve years back.

Is it the University professor late for his lecture or train?

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HWW ~ A post-card from Mallaig harbour

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:05:51 +0000

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Showing the old life-boat ramp to the water we see here the busy harbour at a quiet time. The ferries have sailed and the fishing fleet sail at nightfall. You can see here the modern lifeboat moored by the quay in orange, on call for any emergency, which in this part of the world can be quite frequently
Mallaig was one of the foremost fishing harbours on the west coast in the heyday of the herring industry but, like everywhere else, that has decreased and now the boats that are left are mainly involved in fishing for langoustine. Mallaig provides some of the best shelter on the coast for all weathers with the exception of strong Northerlies when the anchorages across in Inverie Bay on the Knoidart shore would provide much better shelter. (A spot that we were also to visit.)

See PiP for alternative view.

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The Cuillins of Rum from Camusdarach beach

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

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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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HBM ~ The silence of Rum

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:48:53 +0000

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The archipelago of The Small Isles consist of the Isles of Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck. So here we are on the largest of them; Rum, and one very soon realises why it is a National Nature Reserve. Its permanent population is around 31 people (2022) living in and around the village of Kinloch.
This photo is taken just beyond Kinloch and looks NE to show part of the Isle of Skye from the Rum Inlet.

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A West Highlands view

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:00:55 +0000

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Here on the Camusdarach coastline there is a different view around every corner. This taken from just near the old boathouse. PiP

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Greenfield Waterfall

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:33:15 +0000

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Sometimes called Birchen Clough Waterfall. After days of heavy rain it was time to get my boots back on and try another go at capturing one of my local waterfalls in slow motion. Here is a 1/15th sec shot via my 3 stop NF filter.

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I want my mummy!

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:40:28 +0000

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A family snapshot of our garden blackbirds all taken within the same ten minutes.
Top left: a juvenile female (I did wonder if this was the adult female -mother but...) - feeding and watching over young.
Top right: male fledgling hoping that mummy or daddy would bring it some food.
Bottom left: female fledgling hiding itself from danger and again waiting for food to come.
Bottom right: the father? – pecking berries on the fruit trees overhead but we never did see it bring any to the young.

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Our singing blackbird: www.ipernity.com/doc/1081863/50082318

The old boathouse at Camusdarach

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:49:37 +0000

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As we continue south along this most wonderful coastline we pass behind this old boathouse. Maybe it is still used for something as the big stout doors were firmly locked. Ahead we see the Small Islands of Eigg to the left and the Cuillins of Rum centre stage. (They were actually much closer than they look here on this very wide angle 10mm shot.)

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The beauty of Camusdarach

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:05:31 +0000

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Having strolled through the soft silver sands of Moray we come across one of numerous small bays. The wet sands here not as distinctive silver as the sands of Morar but still quite wonderful. We are looking north to the western side of The Isle of Skye with Rum to the left. notice the number of people up here!

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River Dee crossings

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:05:01 +0000

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Another picture of a bridge across the Dee here. This time, it carries normal traffic but the foreground arch is part of a viaduct carrying the Llangollen Heritage railway line from the nearby Berwyn station.
See PiP for a better look at the railway viaduct here.

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The Silver Sands of Morar, Lochaber

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:59:44 +0000

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Enjoy with me our second day here at Mallaig. Today we take a walk over this splendid white sand with clear blue waters and views, towards the beauty of the Camusdarach beaches.

The Silver Sands of Morar are a stunning series of white sand beaches near Mallaig. Famed for their turquoise waters and striking views of the Small Isles, they are easily accessed via the A830 "Road to the Isles," just a 5-10-minute drive south of the village. PiP
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Downtown Rum

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:04:40 +0000

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A jump to our fourth day at Mallaig and we are here now on the Island of Rum. This was seen whilst passing through Rum's only village: Kinloch Village.

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The line to the Isles

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:54:54 +0000

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This is almost the end of the West Highland Line as it makes its way to the small town of Mallaig only about 1km from here. At times a steam train would be speeding through but not today unfortunately. The distant coastline is the Isle of Skye. "The line to the Isles"; so called because once off at the terminus you are at the harbour and ferry to the Isle of Skye and the Small Islands.

See pip for terminus station at Mallaig.

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Mallaig Railway Station

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:50:10 +0000

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Treelands

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:04:06 +0000

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As the sun bakes our homelands at the moment here is a photo taken on one of our many woodland walks some time ago giving us that extra golden crisp fried feeling (˚◡˚)

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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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