Iolair-Bhara
Beinn Starbhanach
A turbulent, late-afternoon's winter sky & a golden spotlight isolating Beinn Starbhanach's tent-like summit ridge saw me hitting the jackpot on this day in February 2017.
Admittedly, I was standing a long way away from my subject matter & the slight haze present that day had to be conservatively offset somewhat at a later stage.
Some may have noticed my arguabely confusing habit of using the spelling 'Starabh', rejecting the established 'Starav'. This is a personal decision based on respect for the fact that the Gaelic alphabet doesn't have a letter 'v'. In written Gaelic 'bh' or 'mh' are voiced as an English 'v'.
Although I've seen others adopting the same approach, 'Starabh' is also almost certainly wrong, also. The Gaelic word 'Starbhanach', meaning 'strong, robust fellow', readily becomes very appropriate when assessing the characteristics of this very muscular, stout hill. Peter Drummond suggests this in his book, 'Scottish Hill Names: Their Origin & Meaning'.
Beinn Starbhanach
A turbulent, late-afternoon's winter sky & a golden spotlight isolating Beinn Starbhanach's tent-like summit ridge saw me hitting the jackpot on this day in February 2017.
Admittedly, I was standing a long way away from my subject matter & the slight haze present that day had to be conservatively offset somewhat at a later stage.
Some may have noticed my arguabely confusing habit of using the spelling 'Starabh', rejecting the established 'Starav'. This is a personal decision based on respect for the fact that the Gaelic alphabet doesn't have a letter 'v'. In written Gaelic 'bh' or 'mh' are voiced as an English 'v'.
Although I've seen others adopting the same approach, 'Starabh' is also almost certainly wrong, also. The Gaelic word 'Starbhanach', meaning 'strong, robust fellow', readily becomes very appropriate when assessing the characteristics of this very muscular, stout hill. Peter Drummond suggests this in his book, 'Scottish Hill Names: Their Origin & Meaning'.