My portfolio of Scotland

[1911Girl]

So since I had people asking for more photos I had a look into my older portfolios. I hope you all like them.

Some photos of my region in Scotland on the Atlantic coast - Strathclyde.

This is Formakin house, it is rumoured to by haunted, with views of Ben Lomond (Loch Lomond)

Not as "green" in winter, views not far from my parents house

Fall colours with views of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

Summer, with a fort like structure near the lake

A small (traditional) village by one of many freshwater lakes

Typical greenery in summer, lots of woodland, streams and rivers

Ancient Scots pine

A nice waterfall

Daffodils in spring (and lots of them too)

Where I used to fish for rainbow/brown trout, sea salmon, perch and pike

Crocodile rock, it has been there for years, supposed to be "mythical" it is on a small island near the west coast.

One of many hundreds of standing stones

Creepy old oak

Ontop of a hill on a farmers field looking north towards Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

Old barn

Old abandoned kirk

Farmhouse, typical sight in my region

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Winter 2011 in my region

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Scottish Highlands (Summer 2010) the biggest region in Scotland and last wild place in the European continent.

Flower from my garden summer 2009

Thanks for looking

 

[RonJ]

Beautiful country. Thanks for posting!

 

[V-35]

Your floatplane in the next to last picture per chance?


Art

 

[1911Girl]

Your floatplane in the next to last picture per chance?


Art

I wish it was.

 

[ACP230]

Very good selection of photos.
Thanks for posting them.

 

[snowman]

Lovely, lovely photos; thank you. Any idea of the approximate age of the ruins? As you know, things here in the States aren't very old, relatively speaking. I enjoy all things historical, so I thought I would ask.

Regards,
Andy

 

[1911Girl]

Of the old kirk? Early middle ages for sure.

 

[S&W ucla]

"On the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomand"! I was in Ayr this spring. Went and had dinner at the Brig a Doon House. Beautiful Place! I Ysee why "Rabbie Barns" liked it so. Really enjoy your photos! You are in the Andalucia area in Spain, my horse is an Andalusian, same place?

 

[mc5aw]

I visited Glasgow in December 2011, and toured various ruins in the Highlands and Loch Ness as well. It was an honor to experience such an exquisite country, and its wonderful people. Whenever I look through my photos of the trip and wish I was back, I play this:

SCOTLAND THE BRAVE ~ PIPES & DRUMS ~ ( HD ) - YouTube

 

[BuckeyeChuck]

I was in Inverness in 1994 and 1999. I enjoyed both trips and stayed with a Scottish family both times. In 1994 we saw Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness. The Scots joked about the American fascination with castles (we toured more than one) but laughed when we explained that we have a castle deficit in the U.S.A, which is to say, virtually none.

In 1999, the parents of our hosts had just renovated an old barn into a home at on end of Loch Ness. The view out of their kitchen window was the loch and a decaying wooden bridge over some flowing body of water that either fed or came out of the loch (can't remember which). I thought, "All the stories and lore surrounding this dark body of water, and these folks look at it everyday out of their back window."

The loch is every bit as dark as told by stories. Even the water near its edge is forboding and the effect is magnified by the hills.

Our hosts were living in a home in the town of Inverness whose original part was several hundred years old and had stone walls so thick that you had to actually lean forward to see out of the windows. The view from the upper floor windows was over an Inverness canal with hills behind. To them it was all part of everyday life. To me it looked like a foreign planet.

When you live in a flat midwestern American city as I do, Scotland looks very different to you.

 

[Rule3]

Thanks for those great photos. Sure beats the heck out of flat boring Florida.

I gotta get out a here!

 

[MH8675309]

"On the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomand"!

But tis late and the banks are closed.

Borrowed from the Stooges

 

[Frank237]

My wife and I visited Scotland two years ago. Headed back again this August. Lovely Country with friendly people.

We really enjoyed the Highlands. Absolutely beautiful.

Loch Ness and the Urquhart Castle were very memorable. Same for the two days we toured Edinburgh.

But I have to say...As a fan of "Local Hero". We REALLY enjoyed visiting Pennan, portayed as Ferness , the little fishing village from the movie.

Great pictures...feel free to post more.

FN in MT

 

[Thuer]

Thanks for posting. I love Scotland. Last time I was visiting for a forthnight
Clackavoid in Pertshire. At the base of mount Blair.

Never know that there where so much teints of green. From dark green till light green and everything in between.
I love the history, castle's, loch's and the Scotisch people.
When I am in Scotland I feel at home.

Thanks I been homesick now.

 

[shouldazagged]

You do very good work, young lady. Thanks for sharing those lovely views with us.

I would love to see the Highlands, and the southwest of Ireland--Cork--where my family came from, before I die. But barring winning the lottery or getting my best-seller published, it won't happen.

 

[ChuckS1]

Wife and I are going for two weeks in late May. Anybody got suggestions for interesting places to see (besides distilleries, they're already one the list)?

 

[lawandorder]

I enjoyed my short visit to your country through your amazing images. Thank you.

 

[GerSan69]

What a beautiful place. Inspirational photos!! Thank you!

 

[Chik a Boom]

Thank you for sharing the great photos, nicely done! Hope to see it in person one day.

 

[Delos]

Ghosts in the Castles, or in our words

Very nice photo's

I have a McBride in my family line. My wifes Mother's family is McInnis and Denny.

I am not sure what Castles should mean to me. Should they pretty? I do not know.

When the Roman's conquered England they built castles and Latin was spoken there. Our lawyers in this country still learn latin words. Over there Celtic was the language of the conquered. But there was Hadrian's Wall built to keep out the wild Scottish tribes up north. Where you are?

Then the Anglos and Saxons. Then the Normans conquered and built castles, so they would still be conquerors when the sun came up tomorrow. At first the Normans spoke French in the castles - until the long war with France. In English our good words are mostly French from that time. The word Pork was spelled Porc (the French word when on the table) when the barnyard Pig (anglo saxon word) was used.

We know that Manure is the french word for composted animal excrement. The terrible anglo saxon barnyard word for fresh excrement I cannot say here - it is still considered poor taste.

Before the knowledge of germs causing disease, when a plague went through a Castle there was no place to hide. The most paranoid among the occupants sometimes had the loudest voice.

Yes there are ghosts in the history of the Castles. Our languages are full of them. We still have a few Castles on America's East Coast. They were called Star Forts. The Statue of Liberty has the old Fort Wood for its base. It's very thick earth or rock filled walls had such steep angles cannon balls would not penetrate. Typical of all "Star Forts" Children today do not know what it protected. Nor do they care.

Some day I will visit Scotland, and England, and a few cities both sides of the Rhine River, that my ancestors fled. Europe was once beautiful but the various kings kept having wars. Thank goodness my ancestors came here to the peaseful USA (attempt at humor).