Paul Todd

The remarkable tilted slabs of Sgùrr nan Saighead, in the Five Sisters of Kintail, Scotland

On the Black Cuillin mountains of Skye

Fisherfield Forest, Scotland

The dramatic cliffs of Na Cìochan in the Applecross Peninsula, Scotland.

The Cuillin mountains seen across Loch Portree, on the Isle of Skye

A tranquil morning in Glen Coe

On some special days, like here in the Scottish Highlands, you climb above the clouds and touch the sky.

The Black Cuillin mountains on Skye, unique in the British Isles. Photographed January 24th, 2026.

Loch Maree and the Torridon mountains

Lagangarbh Cottage at the top of Glen Etive

The Trotternish Ridge on Skye

Loch Leven near Glen Coe

A wintry scene of blue skies over snowy mountains, with one peak (the Pap of Glencoe) reflected in the water, a reflections half-disturbed by gentle ripples.

The loch near Glencoe, for anyone needing a bit of tranquillity.

Dear commentators who just reach for the nearest trendy word - it's only a spike if it goes DOWN again. That thing you're describing has not (yet) 'spiked', it has just 'increased suddenly'.
(If anything, it has 'Heaviside step functioned'.)

A backlit landscape of sea and mountains with a group of rocky pinnacles set on a hillside

On An Stòr (The Storr), Isle of Skye, yesterday.

A small lake ('lochan') nestles between craggy peaks with other mountains fading to blue in the background

A rocky mountain ridge is sharply defined in the raking sunlight, with a 'forest' of other peaks in the background

14th September 2025 on An Teallach (usually translated as "The Forge"), one of the finest Scottish mountains.

Silhouetted figures stand by the trig point on a snowy, rocky summit area, under a low winter's sun in a blue sky, with other mountains fading into the haze behind

4/4 There were a few other people on the summit too

Two sharp, snow-capped peaks in a wide landscape of mountains under a blue sky

¾ This one focuses on Ben Vorlich and Stùc a' Chroin

Forested valleys and snow-capped peaks with the low winter's sunlight raking across the landscape

2/4

A low winter sun in a blue sky gleams on snow-covered mountains

A few images from the summit of Ben More on St Andrew's Day. (Spoiler: it was verry purty.)

The Braes of Balquhidder yesterday

Possible #FluidLinks post #3
* Wanting a really fresh start, the BBC ask someone who's never seen Doctor Who to produce the 2027 series. What TWO stories would you show them before they start work?
* What is your favourite alien from black-and-white (1960s) DW?

#FluidLinks possibilities #2
* On the whole, have you preferred it when 21st Century DW introduces new villains, or when it updates 'classic' ones?
* Imagine that Billie Piper is indeed The Doctor, at least for the 2026 Christmas Special. What type of companion or companions would you give her?

Hey RFS, blooting some possible #FluidLinks if you still need any.
* Which (sadly departed) member of DW cast or crew do you most wish you'd had a chance to interview?
* After "The Sea Devils", Mr Cook is presumably already pruning another story. Which would be top of your list?

I agree, but then I said it with a soft 'j' until I'd actually been there and talked to locals. (Poacher turned fanatical gamekeeper.) I suspect it's because so many English speakers initially learn French as a foreign language, so 'foreign' j is indelibly soft.

Through a gap in the cliffs of Beinn Làir, the distant peaks of An Teallach rise above the Fisherfield Forest

The serrated peaks of the Torridon mountains behind a low sea of cloud

Looking across a sea of low cloud to the Torridon mountains this week. Loch Maree is hidden under the low cloud!

Made it to the top of the pinnacle on the summit of Ben Arthur, despite the nerve-wracking exposed scramble!