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Highland Capers

May 12, 2025

Easter was late this year and those few extra weeks make such a difference to the weather as winter slips into spring. Especially in the highlands of Scotland, with the snow all but gone the landscape takes on a gentle and softer identity. The unassuming colour palette is full of awesome tones, and the big […]

Rainy Day on May

May 10, 2025

The Isle of May, off the Fife coast, is a national nature reserve and home to over 100,000 puffins during the breeding season; which runs from April til June. This small island which has a tremendous variety of wildlife, renowned for its rich bird life, seals and reefs, also has an interesting religious and maritime […]

The old fishing towns of the Fife coast path

May 10, 2025

Not as up and down as the salt path which goes past my front door but that’s not a bad thing… The 100 mile route links the Forth and Tay estuaries and wanders along miles of golden beaches, attractive woods and nature reserves, but the route also threads its way through industrial towns and and […]

The high lands

April 8, 2024

Road trip. Go with the flow, follow the road and see where it takes you. Click on your favourite image, as ever, this blog is best viewed on a big screen. Crabber in a loch Red Deer everywhere Castle of the McKays The shepherd off Sandwood Bay, near Cape Wrath. Chocolate box Scotland This enigmatic, […]

Thurso 2024

April 7, 2024

I’ve been coming up to this part of Scotland since the eighties, firstly a trip with Rudi & Teen in a Type 2 VW, where we surfed Brimms and East, on our own and were immediately captivated by firstly the quality of the surf and secondly by the remote and unpublished secret of this corner […]

Return to Duncansby Head

June 1, 2022

I’ve been coming up to Caithness since the eighties, almost annually for a surf and more recently for photography and wildlife as part of my job to contribute to the Judging team at the Scottish Surf Championships. It was only recently I stumbled upon the the of the area around Duncansby head, the cliffs, the […]

A place in the sun

May 18, 2019

Blue sky, pumping surf and no-one out, what more do you want? Stoked to get one of these in the latest issue of Carve Magazine, there’s some great work in the magazine that celebrates it’s 25th anniversary this year. Great article by Vaughnie in the last issue (#194) about surfing the Cribbar and by Sharpy […]

Big sky Scotland

May 1, 2019

I live in North Devon which has got plenty of space, big beaches, big cliffs and Exmoor on the doorstep, plenty of big sky experiences to make you feel free and wild, and connected. It’s a thing we take for granted, that is those of us who live here. But, Caithness. You want big skies […]

The auks of Duncansby head

April 27, 2019

Tucked away around the corner from John O’Groats, with its famous sea stacks, Duncansby head is a heaven for sea birds. Fulmars, Guillemots, Razorbills, Puffins and more. These photos were taken over the glorious Easter weekend of 2019. Click on a pic. Eider […]

Wild Highlands (Easter in Scotland part 2).

April 24, 2017

Some of the wildlife shots from my Easter trip to the Scottish Surfing Championships Mostly 7D mk2 w/ 70-300mm L IS Click on it Thanks