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Friday 14th August A visit to Contin. Keep an eye on approaching people with a black and white lurcher / spaniel cross. rx 01878 20260814

Monday 10th August A nice cool day for a long walk... except I didn't as the evening before I found a bunch of coos and calves on the track to the Heights of Kinlochewe. Not risking taking a dog anywhere near them so we headed for the Beinn Eighe NNR Mountain Trail. It's also reliable so soon...

Thursday 30th July An afternoon walk at Contin woods. Between the showers I got a few snaps. a7c05496 20260730 The Willowherb was past it's best but still colourful. It's taken over the area that was cleared of bushes and trees a7c05525 20260730 A wee thistley thing a7c05590 20260730...

Ordered new lens from Panamoz on the 21st. Arrived this afternoon a day early, to the Highlands. Nae bother.

Thursday 13rd July A dreich and very midgy wander round the Beinn Eighe NNR Woodland Trail Sat on the cairn just off the summit of the trail a7c05307 20260723 Her favourite swims place a7c05347 20260723

Sunday 19th July An easy stroll along the Loch Glascarnoch track. Red Clover a7c04979 20260719 A little bit of bliss out in the breeze a7c05000 20260719 We went past the Vaich Power station into a regeneration area, there's a track but it's very overgrown a7c05191 20260719 Having fun...

Thursday 16th July I'd planned to go up Beinn Airigh Charr from Poolewe but after starting out well I had wilted before even reaching Kernsary. The midges and clegs were hungry, and I just didn't fancy pushing on for a hill. So we just did the loop around the north side of Loch Kernsary and...

I jinxed myself as yesterday there was no breeze at all and the midges and clegs were horrendous. Couldn't stop without being mobbed despite another layer of Smidge, but at least kept them from biting, mostly. A cleg that tried to get under my watch didn't survive the attempt! Changed plans and...

I was being harassed by clegs on Sunday till I covered my face and arms in Smidge. A guy I met was wearing shorts had been bitten all over his legs.

Sunday 12th July Some very welcome sunshine after a few days of wall-to-wall rain, not to mention the thunder and lightning. We headed to the Red Hut and walked in to Loch na h-Oidhche. Skye on a rock (well...well, etc) Baosbheinn in the background a7c04326 20260712 The ford was okay...

Wednesday 8th July, as well as the 4th. We've snatched a couple of walks at Contin in the rain where I just didn't even bother getting the camera out it was so grim. But of course, getting out has to be done. A swim in Loch Maree for Skye. a7c04111 20260704 And then yesterday the...

We like it over that side of the country, there's a viewpoint on Aird Point looking across to Isle of Ewe where we sometimes stop for lunch on the Gairloch - Poolewe circuit. For us it's not the weather that would stop us living there, we like the cooler temps, it's the long way from anywhere...

Smidge is good stuff, with a bit of luck you'll have a breeze and the wee beasties will stay in bed. Lol! Sometimes you have to laugh or they drive you mad. Have fun. Sometimes Skye will pose, but when she wants she'll just refuse like a toddler who's just learnt "no!".

Tuesday 23rd June Decided to go up Fionn Bheinn above Achnasheen. It's a munro - 933 metres and has a reputation for being boggy. It lived up to that. rx 01219 20260623 Across Strath ban to two Strathconon Corbetts. rx 01252 20260623 Squelchy... rx 01269 20260623 It was blowing a...

Saturday 20th June We had two walks today: twice round the View Rock trail at Contin. Then we went up to Loch Glascarnoch to blow more cobwebs away. "Hey Skye, look at me..." "Nope" a7c04033 20260620