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This image was taken from near the Scarinish (Scottish Gaelic: Sgairinis) Hotel on the island of Tiree (Scottish Gaelic: Tiriodh), the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It was taken in the summer of 1957 by my father.
The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship, built mainly on the Forth and Clyde canal, and which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides of Scotland. Built between 1856 and 1939, these stumpy little steamboats eventually achieved an almost-mythical status thanks largely to the early-20th century short stories Neil Munro wrote about the fictitious Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, which later resulted in three television series.
Clyde puffers characteristically had bluff bows, crew's quarters with table and cooking stove in the focsle, and a single mast with derrick in front of the large hold. The funnel and ship's wheel stood aft above the engine room, followed by a small captain's cabin in the stern. When publication of the Vital Spark stories began in 1905 the ship's wheel was still in the open, but later a wheelhouse was added aft of the funnel giving the puffers their distinctive image. Their flat bottom allowed them to beach and unload at low tide, essential to supply remote settlements without suitable piers. Typical cargoes could include coal and furniture, with farm produce and gravel sometimes being brought back.
In this instance, there's a truck on the jetty and men working to load/unload the puffer. There's also men on the other side of the jetty, one descending or having just ascended one of the ladders. Looking at the boats stretching out their moorings to the right of the jetty it would appear that the tide is still on the ebb at this point.
The low-lying island of Tiree (highest point 141m above sea level), south-west of Coll, has an area of 30.2 square miles and a population of around 650. The machair lands are highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, and fishing are the main sources of employment for the islanders. Tiree, along with Colonsay, enjoys a relatively high number of total hours of sunshine during the late spring and early summer compared to the average for the UK. Tiree is a popular windsurfing venue and is a proposed location for an offshore wind farm. Tiree has been referred to as the "Hawaii of the north".
Its name derives from Tìr Iodh, 'land of the corn', from the days of the 6th century Celtic missionary and abbot St Columba (d. 597). Tiree provided the monastic community on the island of Iona, south-east of the island, with grain. During WWII, a large RAF station was built on Tiree, becoming Tiree Airport in 1947. There was also an RAF Chain Home radar station at Kilkenneth and an RAF Chain Home Low radar station at Beinn Hough. In the Cold War, there was RAF Scarinish, a ROTOR radar station at Beinn Ghott.
Scanned from a slide.
New day, old house.
Beaton's Croft lies in the township of Bornesketaig at the north end of Skye. In the late 19th century it was built and then occupied as one of a row of four by the four Gillies brothers. The house can be rented through the National Trust for Scotland.
La petite ferme de Beaton se trouve dans la commune de Bornesketaig dans le nord de l'ile de Skye. Elle a été construite à la fin du 19e siècle et occupée ainsi que les quatre autres d'une même rangée par les quatre frères Gillies. La maison peut être louée au National Trust for Scotland, son propriétaire.
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Bornesketaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland
This is a photograph taken near the path to Quirang, Isle of Skye.. Looking south along the Trotternish ridge, there are many hills in view; the one pictured iis the Cleat. The wind and rain came in, which added to its wild atmosphere. In the winter the landscape is a lot more colourful as summer time it's mainly just green.
On one of our days driving to a location we stumbled across this very remote and incredibly old Cemetery with what appears to be an old ruins of a Church or place of worship. The scenery around was as every where else on the Island incredible.
Ex#237 Back home at the weekend behaving like a tourist (my old house is just out of shot to the left). This was my first attempt at a long exposure combining the sea and sunset (I learnt a lot).
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Portree is the largest town on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
Built around the harbour are a famous range of brightly painted buildings featured in a few movies, like the romantic comedy Made of Honor.
Demeure historique du clan McLeod depuis le le XIIe siècle, le château est construit au bord du loch Dunvegan , sur la côte ouest de l'île de Skye. Son donjon date du XVe, la tour sud du XVIe et le corps de logis du XVIIe.
Ses jardins aménagés au XIXe siècle sont parmi les plus grands d’Écosse.
A shot taken last year from Mallaig looking across to the Islands of Eigg and Rhum in western Scotland.
More experimenting with adding some radial blur and some split toning.
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On one of our days driving to a location we stumbled across this very remote and incredibly old Cemetery with what appears to be an old ruins of a Church or place of worship. The scenery around was as every where else on the Island incredible.
Looking across the entrance to the Sound of Mull and the islands of Coll and Tiree.
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Eilean Donan (Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island where three sea lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh, in the western Highlands of Scotland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about 1 kilometre from the village of Dornie. Since the castle's restoration in the early 20th century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland.
A zoomed in 6x17 stitched panorama at 300mm approx (35mm eq) with South Uist forming the almost mirror image hazy backdrop. The light catching the 'shark fin' looked good & well worth a frame or two, Neist is a great location but like lots of places on Skye nowadays at bursting point & mobbed with visitors.
Isle of Iona is a small island pretty close to Fionnphort on Isle of Mull.
The abbey itself has been created in 563 by Columban. It suffered in the 800's under the attacks of the vikings but got rebuilt afterwards.
The view you are seeing here is the version after rebuilding the whole site started in 1938.
Iona abbey is an important part within the history of Scotland as christianisation of Scotland started here with the brotherhood established by Columban.
Today, it is a major tourist attraction with buses coming from Oban, taking the first ferry then driving 60 kilometres to Fionnphort and then the passengers taking another ferry for a 10 minutes ride to arrive at Isle of Iona.
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Eilean Donan is a small tidal island where three sea lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh, in the western Highlands of Scotland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island. Since the castle's restoration in the early 20th century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland.