The 'Capella' steaming in past the Point of Tangpool.

Filled up here in 1985

Bridge over the Wester Fearn Burn. On a sharp bend in the road over the Struie pass.

View from the entry to Coire a Chaorachain on an cold winter's day whilst on the way to climb the Cioch Nose as illustrated in NG7942 : Climbers on the Cioch Nose. This is an excellent climb at a grade where you can get away without being able to feel your fingers - which on the day was just as well.

The "Middle Ledge" from which the classic Cioch Nose climb starts can be observed as a grassy ledge slanting upwards from left to right and positioned about half way up the face.

The snow-covered Cuillin are in the background.

So what happens between September 15th and October 20th? Answer: Those dates are reserved specifically for stag stalking and culling. Stags are more territorial than hinds, so it matters more where walkers go during this period.

The building with columns on the corner was built for North of Scotland Bank, by Archibald Simpson. It is now a Wetherspoon pub taking the architect's name. Beyond are the Town House and Sheriff's Court.

This dwelling is a simple timber-framed housed used by the farm and his family at Blairgie as summer accommodation. The main farm house (located about 150m to the west) was let out in summer as holiday accommodation, and provided a useful income. There is a pattern of such buildings in the area. The property is used now as an informal store, and is approaching dereliction.

On Maol Aird, looking pretty much north, down onto a perfectly still Loch Arkaig.

Scotland's highest distillery at 1,073 feet above sea level

Looking SSE. The loch in the distance in Mill Dam.

Just an unusual sight, a tree growing out of a rock.

I think the building on the right was used for hanging game after a shoot.

'The Spirit of South Shields' by Irene Brown. Installed in 2000 within the housing development at Market Dock the bronze sculpture has been adopted as South Tyneside's icon of regeneration. (Mat Fascione)

Byway between Roddymoor and Woodifield.

A popular Caravan & Camping Club site on the north shore of Derwent Water.

Stones

A crisp New Year's Day on Ripon Canal

On Royal Prince's Parade, not far from North Pier.

Also known as Brize or Bree Castle, the building dates back to the 12th century and was home to the Anglo/Norman Prendergast (Clann Morris of Bree) family who were granted lands here in Mayo, and other parts of the island.

Midpoint on the East Lancashire Railway heritage line, the station originally opened in 1846

This is a grasshopper side lever marine beam engine under restoration and is missing its side levers, connecting rod and crankshaft, to name a few. It is now fully restored with a reconstructed feathering paddle wheel and is turned by an electric motor.

It was built in 1907 by Hepple & Sons of south Shields and was the port engine of a pair on the paddle tug Old Trafford, which later became Reliant and was for many years preserved at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. The single cylinder is 30" bore x 54" stroke.