Over the sea to Skye..

Kintail

Burial Ground, Kintail

View from the cottage, Skye:

At the bottom of the garden:

Isle of May

Last Sunday I went to the Isle of May, a small island in the Forth estuary off the coast of Anstruther. We were so lucky to have a lovely, sunny and dry day-the only such day in the last 6 weeks. The Isle of May is known for its birdlife. It is teeming with birds, but the birds I really wanted to see were puffins. And I certainly got to see puffins:

As well as Razorbills

 Terns

 and gulls

 The lighthouse

 the landscape

 and The May Princess



Port Seton.

I went to the 3 Harbours Arts Festival at Port Seton, a small fishing village in East Lothian. The exhibitions are held in people's homes, mostly along the sea front. As interesting as the art are the houses-small fihermens' cottages built in the late 1800's, and full of character. Here are a few things I spotted on my walk:

Day 4

Glen Coe:

 Tulloch:

Day 3

 We drove over to the Granton, via Aviemore.

Loch Morlich:

 Pine forest:

Wildlife-pheasant:

Deer:

Salmon:

Daffodils along the Spey River:

Waterfall:



Day 2

These photos were taken near Loch Ness. I walked through a wonderful birch wood, all covered in moss. It was quite magical.

Then I did a hill walk-it was much longer than I had anticipated. It took me 5 hours, up and back!

But the view was splendid:

Easter holiday: Day 1

 We are just back from a week's holiday in the highlands. We were so lucky with the weather-warm, dry and of course no midgies at this time of the year. It was our first holiday without kids in 20 years, and it was lovely!! Here's some pictures of the first day: 

I walked up through a forest, over a field.. 

and came to a small trout loch. It was very peaceful.

There was a small fisherman's hut:

With a deck of railway sleepers-the perfect place to sit, dream and eat my lunch.