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The Frandy Tree, What a difference a day makes, the weather is so erratic just now 4 inches of snow a few days ago, and now it looks like spring.
An absolutely awesome cloud formation: a mixture of long and shorter wavelength flowing shapes, waves and curved arcs.
This storm fairly flooded much of Strathearn in a line from Crieff to Perth in the course of half an hour or so; I've never seen so much rain fall in such a short time, flooding the country roads beyond the limits of driveability.
Stunning, stormy, late afternoon light over the harvested fields of Strathearn in Perthshire, Scotland.
The A9 between Perth and Dunblane was upgraded to a dual carriageway between the late 1970s and about 2005. As a result some big loops of old road were created. This one is still in good shape albeit it is blocked at various stages and is used by local farmers to store various , logs, manure and several farm gates ideal for the occasional ramble.
This image was taken a few weeks ago when we had some really fantastic fog banks lying in Strathearn. This evening, there was a very cool partial cloud inversion happening as the setting sun cast a beautiful, soft, pink light through the clouds and fog. Near Forteviot in Perthshire, Scotland.
Strathearn or Strath Earn is the strath of the River Earn, in Scotland, extending from Loch Earn in the West to the River Tay in the east. The region formed a traditional province of Scotland, and hence had a mormaer and then an Earl. The province was bounded on the north by Atholl, north west by Breadalbane, south west by Menteith, south east by Fife, and on the east by Perthia.
Looking from Auchterarder towards Crieff as the sun was setting over Ben Vorlich
Ben Vorlich - These two Munros on the southern fringe of the Highlands appear as an identical pair in many distant views. Closer up, they are more different. Ben Vorlich is a very popular hillwalk from Loch Earn and a fine viewpoint, whilst the continuation to Stuc a'Chroin is a more serious walk with steep, rocky ground.
This bridge runs over the river Earn on the B934 towards Forteviot in Perthshire. I stopped off hear again today and took this image from the south bank of the river.
Forteviot (Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Tabhaicht) (Ordnance Survey grid reference NO052175) is a village in Strathearn, Scotland on the south bank of the River Earn between Dunning and Perth. It lies in the council area of Perth and Kinross.
The present village was rebuilt in the 1920s by John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot of the Dewar's whisky family.
Early Bronze Age
On 11 August 2009 archaeologists announced that they had discovered a royal tomb from the early Bronze Age at Forteviot. Along with the remains of the ancient ruler were found burial treasures which include a bronze and gold dagger, a wooden bowl and a leather bag.
Archaeologists from Glasgow University and Aberdeen University continue to investigate the finds.
Looking over the Cloverdale neighbourhood toward Edmonton's skyline.
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Strathearn or Strath Earn, from Scottish Gaelic: Srath Èireann) is the strath of the River Earn, in Scotland. It extends from Loch Earn to the River Tay, and was bounded on the north by Atholl, north west by Breadalbane, south west by Menteith, south east by Fife, and on the east by Perthia. The region formed a traditional province of Scotland, and hence had a mormaer and then an Earl.
Royal dukedoms of Cumberland and Strathearn, of Kent and Strathearn and of Connaught and Strathearn have been awarded to members of the British Royal Family. Prince William was created Earl of Strathearn, as a subsidiary title to Duke of Cambridge, on 29 April 2011, the day of his wedding to Catherine Middleton.
In medieval times, the sheriff based at Perth covered Strathearn as part of their duties. As a result, when 19th century local government reforms replaced the ancient provinces by new Counties (shires), based on sheriffdom boundaries, Strathearn became the south-central part of Perthshire. As a result of late 20th century reforms, it is now part of Perth and Kinross
It's not often a processing "look" suggests itself above some kind of realism, especially in landscape work, but this time it did. I drove past this tree twice: on the way out, it struck me as a pleasantly gnarled shape; on the way back, not only that but the hard sunlight was perfectly illuminating one side of it. With modertately dark clouds behind, an awesome contrast. It faded while I found somewhere to park and then as I ran back along the road the light reappeared one last time. Got it.
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UP LOF67 eases to a stop at CP-Madera to allow passing Amtrak and Metrolink traffic to clear. They will end up holding here until after dusk, completing the run up to Guadalupe under the cover of darkness.
Beautiful light: a low sun obscured by thick clouds of fog, trees silhouetted - not just the obvious big foreground fuzzy tree but a handful of tall conifers in front of the sun's disk from the top of the Knock of Crieff in the very far distance.
A few weeks prior, I'd foolishly missed an opportunity to shoot a similar view - too eager to get home, let it slip. So when the forecasts showed fog all around Strathearn on Saturday afternoon, I jumped at the chance, starting with this view from near the A822 above Monzie, showing the thick fog-cloud/inversion layer stretching all the way from Crieff out to Glen Artney. Awesome in the autumn sunlight.
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Kinclaven Woods near Murthly Perthshire. These beautiful woods managed by the Scottish Woodland Trust will be coming into full bloom just about now, hopefully we will get the opportunity to visit soon, if not hope you like this
I've known about this roadside layby for over a decade - normally for the view along Strathearn to Glen Artney beyond, but sometimes the conditions enforce a different take: in this case, an epic fog obscuring all the vista, but providing wonderful atmospheric mood for studying the shapes of characterful trees.
I got stuck on the road due to the bad weather while waiting I spotted these trees in a private garden, after getting permission I spent most of the wild winters day photographing these remarkable trees.
Findo Gask is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland, just off the main A9 road. It is in Strathearn.
There are nearby remains associated with the Roman Road to the south and the Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge.
The area was associated with the family of Laurence Oliphant and his daughter, the songwriter Lady Nairne, was born there.
During the Second World War, units of the Polish Army were stationed at Findo Gask Airfield (now disused).
The woodlands around Findo Gask are known to be excellent sites for the collection of truffles, particularly black truffles, and truffle hunters can often be observed there during certain seasons.
Gask House was built here in 1801 designed by Richard Crichton a pupil of Robert Adam.
Decaying shelf cloud.
Observe the right half of the scene being thick solid grey. That's the mother of all cloudbursts that flooded large swathes of Strathearn.
Note to self: do not drive under a shelf cloud again.
As the sun sets on the last day of 2019 we see 73971 and 969 at Forteviot with this years 5Z25 to Polmadie - a working I have always managed to capture since taking up this hobby almost 3 years ago. This time it's formed of 2 73s and 8 Mk.5s instead of the old 67 and 8 Mk.2/3s.
This train originated in Inverness after terminating with the previous evenings Highlander service. GBRf/Serco are unable to use a shore supply in Inverness over the festive period and so the stock was moved to Polmadie for stabling until 02/01/2020.
Beautiful warm orange and pink pastel sky colours at sunset, looking across Strathearn to Glen Artney, July 2020.
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Nature's simplicity at its most elegant: one tree standing tall.
Point: a tree
Line: a wire fence
Areas: sky, near ground and hints of distant hillside.
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There had been a stunning inversion layer, filling all of Strathearn from Foulford via Crieff to Glen Artney in the distance with thick fog. As the sun set, the cloud abated and I resumed a stroll around the Knock of Crieff admiring the colours of dusk. As I rounded a corner, the rising full moon appeared in the pink band of the Belt of Venus, its warm yellow colour contrasting with the rest of the blue sky.
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Tonight's sunset in Crieff. Colours are straight from the camera -- just cropped the photo slightly on the right.
Once again in charge of a Statesman tour - 47593 is pictured heading South at Forteviot on 21/10/2019. This was the Southbound return working of the Statesman Rail 'Lord of the Isles' excursion that gave passengers the chance to spend 3 days on the luxury train as it travelled up the East Coast and through the Highlands to Inverness and Kyle. 47810 was assiting on the rear.
This was a new spot for me but familiar territory for the loco. This loco was in the batch of Class 47's delivered new to Haymarket depot in 1965 (as D1973) and has made numerous trips up and down the Highland Main Line during it's time as a Scottish loco. It now spends it's days hauling railtours and excursions such as this.
This is a very interesting site in a great location on the moor up above Fowlis Wester village, looking out over Strathearn to the Ochils beyond.
There has been a lot of debate in the past about what this site actually consists of, but it now seems that this is the consensus – one cairn with a surrounding stone circle, a second cairn, and two standing stones (one now fallen).
“Fowlis Wester, East” is slightly elliptical, measuring 4.9 x 5.7 metres, and is surrounded by a ring of low orthostats (graded to the ESE) which may have numbered 14 (although it is now semi-ruinous and some stones are missing). Within this ring is a kerb-cairn bounded by slabs, one of which (to the SW) bears cup marks. Much of the cairn material has been removed, but during excavation in 1939 a clay floor was discovered, with scattered burnt bone and charcoal near the centre, along with a sandstone disc and large quantities of quartz chips.
A standing stone – “Stone A” – stands 1.8 metres high, at a distance of 9.5m to the NNE of this ring. It stands in a large pit which was found to contain charcoal, burnt bone and quartz chip. To its E side was found a pit filled with white water-worn stones.