Last picture of 2007. Doesn't look too bad even though it was raining! While standing there, great masses of seagulls swept overhead at speed with a whoosh of their combined wing beats. There must have been 1000's roosting on the water. They were followed by masses of talkative geese! If you want to know what conditions were like nearby exactly one year ago here is the link: http://www.scotfot.smugmug.com/gallery/2306100/1/120552490/Large It was stormy, not like the tranquil scene you see here!
Monday, 31 December 2007
Sunset New Year's Eve. Pentland Hills.
Sunday, 30 December 2007
Saturday, 29 December 2007
Finally... at Cockenzie Power Station
3.48 pm and the sun sets over Prestonpans. Wandering over for another day!From Cockenzie Power Station
Hmm... intrigued as to what was going on behind the power station... tootled round to find this...!Cockenzie Harbour
Which way to turn... a wandering photographer's dilemma... great storm over North Berwick or sun setting over great power station... went for the romantic option!
Storm over North Berwick
Almost forgetting to look the other way from the setting sun... but glad I did... there seemed to be a terrific storm going on over there!
Cockenzie Power Station
Yesterday was grey, wet and generally poor for wandering photographers. This morning was very overcast... at 2pm ah... a chink of light! Grab camera, battery and card and off we went! With only 1.5 hours of the new found daylight left we ended up at my favourite power station! Great sky too!
Friday, 28 December 2007
To bright up a grey day!
It has been overcast and wet today... so I nicked these from summer to brighten up the day!Thursday, 27 December 2007
Tuesday, 25 December 2007
North Berwick harbour
The sun is very low and weak but it gave a great colour to the red sandstone harbour
Monday, 24 December 2007
Bison, Ronald Rae sculpture, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Carved in relief in Corrennie pink granite this work was inspired by cave art. Visit Ronald Rae's site
Lion of Scotland by Ronald Rae in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
This is a great lion, a huge piece of sculpture in a very hard granite. It is 8x17x7 ft and weighs 20.00 tons. Sunday, 23 December 2007
Saturday, 22 December 2007
Broughton, Scottish Borders
A view after the last sunset before the Winter Solstice -frozen countryside near BroughtonStanding stone at twilight, from Dreva Hillfort, Scottish Borders
The valley remained frozen all day
Looking up the valley from the Dreva Hillfort, Scottish Borders
The landscape is lit up with the late winter sun. Moon has risen.
Friday, 21 December 2007
Tyger Tyger, by Ronald Rae. Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
A sculpture by Ronald Rae. Granite 8x22x3 ft weight is 16.00 tons! It celebrates William Blake’s well known poem and draws attention to the tiger as an endangered species. It is carved in Corrennie pink granite. For further information visit Ronald Rae's site
Fish, by Ronald Rae. In Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Fish. A Ronald Rae sculpture. Granite 7x10x6 ft weight is 8.00 tons. For further information visit Ronald Rae's website A walk in the park, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Salisbury Crags. The crags have appeared in earlier posts taken from Blackford Hill, here is the real thing taken close up. Scale of the cliffs can be seen by the person walking on the path!
Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
A magical scene. The sun shining through the St. Antony's Chapel ruin above St. Margaret's Loch.
Thursday, 20 December 2007
Frozen Wall
Just near a village called Wall. A view of a frosty farm, looking north/north east towards Scotland
Monday, 17 December 2007
Tree and rocks
Today was bitterly cold and very little sign of the sun. This tree stood there on the frozen hillside.Sunday, 16 December 2007
Edinburgh Christmas Fair
The Big Wheel and fair, ice skating in Princes Street Gardens and masses of visitors!
German Market, Edinburgh
The temperature was well below freezing and what better way to warm up than some hot steaming punch! 
Bright lights of Edinburgh
And now for something totally different... the Christmas fair in Edinburgh! It was a great atmosphere last night with the fair and the German Market right in the centre of Princes Street. Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Port Seton harbour and Cockenzie Power Station
High tide with the waves just flowing over the breakwater
Monday, 10 December 2007
Sunday, 9 December 2007
Early morning in the Scottish Border hills
... and then the sunrise was gone! A bit of yesterday's snow still clings to the distant tops. The weather soon closed in and it rained on the way back.
Dawn, Auchencorth Moss
After hanging around a bit on the cold moor squelching around on the wet moss dawn came...Pre-dawn, Auchencorth Moss
Yesterday was heavy, overcast, rain, sleet and fairly dark all day. This morning looked promising!Friday, 7 December 2007
Autumn leaves
OK, today was not too hot for taking photos and while editing an earlier set of photos I came across this bit of colour found in Restalrig kirkyard. Wednesday, 5 December 2007
Towers and spires Edinburgh ...part 2
A stubby tower on the Edinburgh skyline. Ok, back to work... fun over! Slate roofing tiles from the spire
Think of the work involve to get here... digging the slate - shaping each by hand and then the skill of tiling such a steep steeple - all for what would have been a domestic property.Spires and towers of Edinburgh ...part 2
Another lunchtime spire... what a cracker! Notice the chimney built into the spire.Monday, 3 December 2007
Flatland of Edinburgh
If you can't afford a turret or tower then maybe a traditional stone flat would suit.
Towers in Edinburgh
Walking around with a camera you seem to see a lot more than when walking round without one. This superbly crafted tower crowns one of Edinburgh's mini-grand buildings.
Window in Edinburgh
Can't beat yesterday's pictures but here are a few from a lunchtime walk from work.Sunday, 2 December 2007
Cockenzie Power Station
Well, it was definitely worth staying a few extra minutes to get this great shot of the power station. (0.4 sec hand held - VR rules!)
Forth Estuary
OK, we were going home... but maybe just one more pic! Forth Rail Bridge can be seen in the distance.Cockenzie Power Station
It was getting dark and the lights inside the power station were starting to glow strongly. Still steaming as well.
Wall, Port Seton
Interesting wall with a layer of clinker running through it! Stone walls are great!Port Seton birds
Walking back up the High Street we saw these spuggies (sparrows) sheltering in a bush. Every time someone approached them they dived deep into the tangle of branches.
Port Seton Harbour
What harbour would be without a big anchor. What a great perch for a tired Joe Crow.
Port Seton Zen Garden?
A natural Zen Garden. Rocks and sand, the sea is symbolized by natural rippled sand... something like that!
Cockenzie Power Station
By the time we had walked down the coast a bit and looked round a big hole had formed in the grey day giving a powerful picture to go with the powerful power station! Things are looking up!Young gull
This fella sitting on his favourite perch was not too impressed with the power station - or the photographer - just gimme food!
Cockenzie Power Station
Coal-fired and on the Firth of Forth. It looks great but it was a bit grey today. Now we know where the clinker in the wall probably came from!Stone and clinker wall, Port Seton
We headed for the Scottish Borders... but it looked VERY overcast. A quick U-turn saw us heading in the opposite direction, no specific destination but ended up in Port Seton. This is where we parked. This was beginning to look interesting. A good stone wall, well half stone and the top clinker - very unusual!
View from Castlelaw Hill Fort, northern Pentland Hills
Sunday, up for the dawn and into the hills but nothing much happened! Went for a walk for an hour and a half over the tops and decided it was time for breakfast. Only two photos were taken... perhaps it was something to do with the cold!
Saturday, 1 December 2007
Beech avenue, near Leadburn
A few last and weak rays of sun strained through a bare beech avenue, near Leadburn. Not sure if this is in Midlothian or the Borders Region!
West Linton area, Scottish Borders
The light can change dramatically often within minutes in this area. The grey skies contrast with the earlier sunny pictures taken just a short while before this one.Auchencorth Moss, Midlothian
This weatherbeaten tree on the open moor is a great favourite. You can tell which ways the wind blows around here. Today it is graced by a crow!
Auchencorth Moss, Midlothian
The sun came out for a very short while this afternoon. Good to see it after a few days of rain. Pentland Hills in the background.
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