Undiscovered Scotland

Loch Ryan lighthouse. During the war this was the focal point of the huge military port built at Cairnryan in case traditional ports on the Clyde or Mersey were destroyed by enemy bombing. This modern image shows a view along a rocky shoreline that comes in from the bottom right and extends across the bottom of the frame. There are two derelict concrete structures in the bottom middle. Above them is a short white lighthouse with beige trim and black top surrounded by a white wall. On the right is a length of fence with a ‘keep out’ sign and a brick building beyond it. In the distance there is more water and then the land rises to a low ridge with a field and trees. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top left corner.

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. The hunt for a spy leads the book’s central characters to the military port at Cairnryan.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

The battle of Boroughmuir in 1335 thru the streets of Edinburgh the English army fled to the ruins of the Castle. One young knight charged Richard Shaw & didn't swerve. Both knights were killed, impaled by their lances. The knight was stripped of armour and found to be a girl!

Love this sign from the Glasgow-based street artist A Sign of Humour on Pacific Quay in Glasgow, with the Glasgow Tower and Science Centre in the background.

#glasgow #streetart #kingkong #hunour #glasgowsciencecentre #scotland #keepglasgowweird

Mountain landscape with snow banks and boulders under a blue sky

Mountain landscape with snow banks and boulders under a blue sky with low clouds covering distant hills

Mountain landscape with cliffs, boulders, and brown hills with a forest in the background

Hilly landscape with a band of mist between two lochs under a cloudy sky

Images from a walk in the Cairngorms on the last day of February. #Cairngorms #hiking

The remains of Crossraguel Abbey near Maybole in Ayrshire. The image shows a view from a tower down onto the abbey remains, including a cloister in the foreground and the abbey church on the left, with a tower house in the back right. The remains are built of brownish stone and some walls reach up to roof level. The scene is largely in sunlight.

The remains of Crossraguel Abbey near Maybole in Ayrshire, whose story began in about 1215 and effectively ended soon after the Reformation in 1560. It is one of the best preserved and most interesting of Scotland's many abbey ruins. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Ayrshire

Flat calm sea at sunrise. Blue sky and mountains beyond.

Early morning hound outing. Always like this in Wester Ross.

Image of Cullen Bay from the clifftop with blue sea and sky

A gorgeous blue sky day in Cullen

This is a great ghost sign on Blythswood Street in Glasgow. It's a throwback to a time when people needed tailor-made gowns, everyone wore hats and fur was acceptable. It's part of an advert for G.S. Nichols at 186 Bath Street.

#glasgow #ghostsign #glasgowghostsigns #glasgowhistory

The village of Whithorn in Galloway. The image shows a street scene, looking across a broad street to a row of houses and shops. There's a war memorial in the centre of the street, surrounded by a chain link fence, and a planter with flowers. A church tower rises beyond the buildings and the sky is blue.

The village of Whithorn in Galloway, famous as the cradle of Christianity in Scotland and amongst the country's oldest continuously occupied settlements, dating back centuries before St Ninian founded a monastery here in the 390s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Galloway

The fictional Sarclet Castle, partly based on the real Castle of Mey. The image shows a path leading through a rose garden with a high stone wall on the right and a low flagstone wall and trees on the left. At the far end of the garden is a five-storey stone tower house topped off by battlements and a flagpole. The side facing us is in shadow and the sky is light blue. The front cover of ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is shown in the top left corner.

How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. The fictional Sarclet Castle, south of Wick, plays an important part in the story.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-ets/ind...

Svein Asleifarsson – Orkney’s Last Sea Wolf Described in the Saga as: ‘the greatest man the western world has ever seen in ancient and modern times’- this is part of his story.

Svein Asleifarsson – Orkney’s Last Sea Wolf

Described in the Saga as: ‘the greatest man the western world has ever seen in ancient and modern times’- this is part of his story.

I love these tenements on Terregles Avenue on the Southside of Glasgow. They're just so elegantly simple, with a hint of Art Nouveau about them. They were designed by H.E. Clifford and were built in 1895.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenement

Almost sunrise over a still sea and black mountains.

'Tis the last day of (meteorological) winter today, so here's 06:15. Upper Loch Torridon. (-2C at the time of shooting).

Newhailes near Musselburgh. The image shows the front of a grand stately mansion across the middle of the frame, of nine bays plus three more in each wing, by three storeys high. There's a lawn in front of it with a gravel drive surrounding it. The drive occupies much of the foreground, There are trees on both sides and the sky is largely blue.

Newhailes, an astonishing relic: a stately home near Musselburgh in East Lothian with a real "lived in" and unrestored feel. Its origins can be dated back to a rather smaller house called Whitehill that was built here in the 1690s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland

A path leads down a tunnel of trees dappled in sunlight.

Happy Friday - the weekend is in sight! 🔜

In fact, we think it might be at the end of this tree tunnel... 👣

This evening's sunset at Milarrochy Bay on Loch Lomond. I love that we have such great wild spaces just a short trip from Glasgow.

#glasgow #lochlomond #sunset #milarrochytree #tree

Silhouette of pony in distance with sea and hills behind

At 60 degrees north Spring can take it's time reaching #Shetland. We will have to wait for the hills to fill with flowers and the evening light to return. For now I will enjoy the stark beauty of our winter landscapes and welcome the new warmth in the sun.

The mountains of the Applecross Peninsula. The image shows a green field in the foreground leading back to a blue loch with some buildings on the right if it. Beyond the loch is a range of dark rocky mountains of considerable height. The sky is blue.

The mountains of the Applecross Peninsula in Wester Ross, seen from the south-east over Loch Kishorn. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Applecross #Kishorn

The image shows a corner view of a ruined T-shape church whose walls are still standing but which is roofless. The long wall on its left is entirely covered in ivy while other walls are more visible. There are gravestones in the foreground set amongst rough grass. The sea can be glimpsed on the right. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the top right corner.

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in central Scotland and the far north-west. Balnakeil Church is visited by the central character.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

Rainbow over the sea.

One of the best things about living in Glasgow is turning a corner and finding yourself looking up at a roof like this!

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#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #kinningpark #architecturephotography

A Tale of Two Sveins By Fiona Grahame. Images by Martin Laird. This tale is set at a time when Orkney was ruled by the Norse Earls. The Vikings had long been settled in the islands. Many of them held large areas of land which they farmed. They would spend part of the year in Orkney but during the summer months they would set off on raids down the west coast as far as Ireland or crossing the Pentland Firth into Scotland.

A Tale of Two Sveins

By Fiona Grahame. Images by Martin Laird. This tale is set at a time when Orkney was ruled by the Norse Earls. The Vikings had long been settled in the islands. Many of them held large areas of land which they farmed. They would spend part of the year in Orkney but during the…

The world's tallest and longest hedge, the Meikleour Beech Hedge. The image shows a road leading up the middle of the frame with a field and some trees on the left. There are two cars travelling away from the viewer. On the right is a huge green bushy hedge extending up into the sky and as far along the road as the composition allows. The scene is in dim sunlight.

The world's tallest and longest hedge, the Meikleour Beech Hedge runs alongside and towers over the A93 a few miles south of Blairgowrie in Perthshire. Planted in the autumn of 1745, it has a tragic story to tell. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Meikleour #Perthshire

Looking up at the central oculus in the rather stunning dome of the Hamilton Mausoleum to the southeast of Glasgow. Built as the final resting place for the Dukes of Hamilton in the 1840s and 1850s, it was designed by David Hamilton

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#glasgow #hamilton #architecture #oculus #echo

Oh for a sunny day on a Scottish beach 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☀️

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The view north-west along the River Doon from the Brig o' Doon in Alloway. The image shows the river on the left-hand side of the frame leading to an arched bridge made of red stone. On the right we are lookind down onto a well-tended garden with a large white building beyond it. Part of a large monument can be seen in the upper right. The sky is blue.

The view north-west along the River Doon from the Brig o' Doon in Alloway, Ayrshire, a village best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Alloway #RiverDoon #Ayrshire #RobertBurns #BrigODoon

Torphichen Preceptory near Linlithgow. This modern image looks across a grassy area with paths set out to represent cloisters to a range of buildings in bright sunlight, though with long shadows being cast by trees behind the photographer. A tall old stone church tower with transepts is on the left, with a later stone church nave attached to it on the right. The old tower and transepts would have been roofless in 1943, when the book is set. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top right corner.

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Torphichen Preceptory near Linlithgow is visited by the book’s two central characters.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

Miss Bella Stewart outside her home at #Polglass, just south of #Achiltibuie, undated

[photo from the collections at #Ullapool Museum]

West Highland community moving forward with eco-village plans A community trust has bought land for affordable homes and woodland crofts at Loch Duich.

Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust has acquired part of a commercial forest beside Loch Duich with a view to building an eco-village offering affordable housing, woodland crofts and business units. It hopes the development will attract young families to the area and help keep the local school open.