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Round-up of Summer 2006

Saturday, 21 October 2006 00:00

After a summer of neglect, this diary is wildly out of date. One of the main reasons for this is that I've not been doing much volunteering, but have been working and generally doing other things. Here's a summery summary:

  • Had a long weekend's holiday on Skye.
  • Spent most of July house-sitting near Aberfeldy - a great place to enjoy the amazing July weather, although I was worried the water supply was going to run out what with the lack of rain.
  • Spent most of August and September at home, helping my mum move from Glasgow to Orkney.
  • Left Orkney at the end of September to start volunteering again - more on this in a later post.

Various photographs from the summer follow.

Skye (23rd - 28th June)

Photograph of Cliffs at Duirinish

Sea cliffs on the west coast of Skye

Photograph of Neist Point

More coastline, with the Western Isles on the horizon

Photograph of ruins at Lorgill

Ruins at Lorgill, which was cleared around 1830

Photograph of Macleod's Maidens and Cuillins

Macleod's Maidens (sea stacks) in the middle distance, with the Cuillin beyond


House-Sitting at Upper Park, near Aberfeldy (4th - 26th July)

Photograph of the garden at Upper Park

Some of the garden, and some of the view

Photograph of borage in flower

Borage in flower in the garden

Photograph of Poosie the cat

'Poosie': deputy house-sitter

Photograph of Schiehallion summit looking North

Looking north from the top of Schiehallion, a nearby munro

Photograph of an emerald moth

Extreme close-up of an Emerald Moth, spotted on my bedroom wall


Orkney (12th - 27th September)

Photograph of cliffs on east coast

Orkney coastline

Photograph of an Orkney dry-stane dyke

A beautifully-coloured sandstone dyke

Photograph of Ring of Stenness

Ring of Stenness

Photograph of Ring of Brodgar

Ring of Brodgar


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