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6 days of trekking in the wildness of north Romania’s most northern mountains range. You do not meet many people there. Photo taken 10 years ago (2006) with a film camera
I found it struggle to make landscape photography work during the summer, but it's fine for planning autumn photography. I have planned this photo from June, and I finally nailed it in this week's trip to the Isle of Skye.
I chose the route from Sligachan with a total of 8 miles hike to the summit. It's only 494 meters in height, but it's steep and tough with 30 KG of camping gear and photography equipment. I had to take a few breaks before reached to the summit. The hike is challenging, but the view is definitely worth it. The northern wind blew fiercely on the summit. I set up my tent just behind these rocks, which created a perfect windbreaker and protected me from the wind gusts. Some incredible sunset I had while I was eating my dinner on the summit. I didn't get much sleep due to the noise of the wind and rain flapped the tent.
No rain, no breeze when I woke up at 5 AM. I have to say I had my faith in meteorologists, and they didn't fail me this time. The photo was taken at the blue hour (around 6 AM), followed by some fantastic sunrise photos.
Thursday night's wild camp above Panorama Walk and Trevor Rocks with Castell Dinas Bran and Llangollen below.
Dufourspitze attempt - weather did not improved for many days - unfortunately summit was not for us that time. Photo taken with a film camera around August 2007
A nice little wild camp beside a beautiful white sandy beach in Moidart on the west coast of Scotland with all the stars in the sky out.
Coire an t-Sneachda is one of the most accessible of Britain's high mountain corries, the ski station car park and a superbly constructed path ensuring its popularity. The corrie itself is a grand cirque of cliffs, slashed by snow for much of the year and a popular venue for rock and ice-climbing depending on the season.
I went to camp on Balnakeil beach near Durness on the north coast of Scotland this weekend to catch the sunset and sunrise. When I popped my head out of the tent about 1am for a look around, there was a nice display of noctilucent clouds above the northern horizon.
Stuck for a place to stay we opted for a night in one of the lay-bys running from Capel to Penn y Pass. The fews other parked up were thankfully quiet the others had had an early night and we had a quite night.. Woke u early and they had left so it was a surprise to find all their crap left behind mostly in binbags but even so they'd left behind a 32" TV Grrr.
Anyway, made a brew and some breakfast and made the boggy walk down to the edge of Lynnau Mymbyr. to some stunning mist and colours just breaking through. Special morning bar the littering.
Suilven has been waiting for me since March, so I get on my way. It was a planned trip that should be happening in March but got delayed for various reasons.
It took 6 hours drive from Peebles to Assynt. I stayed in the suileag bothy the night before and set off in the morning. It took about 3 hours to hike to the summit from the bothy. I set my tent on the saddle on the suilven ridge. Couldn't access an updated weather forecast on the summit and didn't expect the weather to change so dramatically. It was raining absolutely non-stop and strong wind sustained for the rest of the day. The visibility was poor and clouds lingered on the top of the mountain. It didn't clear up until 10 am the next day. Waited till late afternoon hoping the weather condition gets better, but it didn't. so decided to head down. The rest of the trip was just a nice ride down the mountain.
I didn't manage to get any decent photos on this trip due to the terrible weather. A bit unfortunate, but I certainly do not regret it. Better luck next time.
The Aurora dancing over the Ring of Brodgar on Orkney on 10th October 2018. It really was quite a special experience. Sometimes when you camp in mystical places, magical things happen......
A cloud inversion over Ullswater in the Lake District. This is caused by cold air sinking, bringing the cloud layer down to the valley, leaving the mountain tops above. I shot this at 0530, having opened my tent to this view, truly an awesome way to wake up.
This saying has very old roots. In the bible (Matthew 16:2-3), the following quote is attributed to Jesus: "When it is evening, ye say, fair weather: for the heaven is red. And in the morning, foul weather today for the heaven is red and lowering." There are also versions of this saying that refer to shepherds 🐑 instead of sailors. 🚢
Anglesey, Holy Island and the Irish Sea on the horizon.
Red Series 1/...😏
A literally 'wild' camp as the wind increased with a weather front approaching and later torrential rain. Beautiful under the stars prior to this though.
Following an overnight wildcamp above castleton I stopped off at Ladybower on the route home to find her presented in all her glory....
Tuesday Night's Home.
About 1/2 mile from the parking area at the top of the Wrynose Pass looking down in to Little Langdale. The Wrynose Pass can be seen on the left with the River Brathay meandering it's way down to Little Langdale Tarn in the mid ground.
Didn't get the sunset or sunrise I was hoping for but after sending the drone up I could see some nice light between Wrynose and Hardknott so left the tent and went in search of the light. Pleased to say I found it and I'll post that image tomorrow.
Job for today is to find the two support poles that have mysteriously disappeared since the last time I used it, just in case anyone is wondering why it's pitched incorrectly!
Packed up and gone by 05:15 after realising sunrise wasn't going to happen. It didn't matter though, it was just good to be out again.
#LNT
The intention was to spend the night on Llanddwyn and return the following morning.
Pre sunset it wasn't looking great with high grey cloud but I decided to stick it out as the weather app said there would be a gap.
Everyone else had left and I slowly set up whilst watching in awe at one of the best sunsets I've seen this year, silently congratulating myself for staying.
I'd had my tin of chilli and boil in the bag rice and way too much coffee and carried on shooting until the break in the cloud had gone and the forecast low cloud moved in. The wind had started to pick up also and as dusk turned to dark and the temp plummeted I decided my 2 season sleeping bag wouldn't be enough to keep me warm through the night. I also didn't fancy packing up in the wind and rain that was forecast so reluctantly packed up in what little light was left.
I made the walk back to the bus shelter and suddenly realised why all the others had left before sunset. The tide was too far in and it was still another hour before high tide. Two and half hours later and it was safe to make the walk back along Newborough beach with the wind picking up all the time and thick black clouds being illuminated by the full moon.
10/10 for boy scout prep, 0/10 for not reading the tides!
This will be my last shot until the middle of next week as im going away again lol so have a lovely weekend flickr friends !!!!
Blea water as I was coming down from Mardale Belle and via Riggindale , I camped to the far right of the shot above the water .
I spent the night camping under the stars by Beckhead Tarn, between Kirk Fell and Great Gable in the Lake District. You can see the moon shining behind Kirk Fell on the left, and Orion over Lingmell, Broad Crag, and Scafell Pike on the right.
The morning after my first solo wild camp in a while. Arrived late and didn’t have chance to scout the area for compositions so I settled for this just to the left of my tent.....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzPkCghuw2I&t=945s I have been out for a wildcamp.....Click the link to watch our adventure.
Camping Class Notes!
THE STAIKA IS ALL ABOUT SIMPLE – but simple does not by any means equate to “sparse.” Easy to pitch, immensely stable, remarkably spacious, and quite light, the Staika is an excellent “go to” tent for any use where sturdy strength is the high priority. We originally designed the Staika for paddle tourers, who wanted a highly stable, fully free standing tent for handling tricky pitching conditions. Since then, it has garnered a large, loyal following amongst a wide assortment of other adventurers: mountaineers, polar travelers, and ski tourers find it a supremely stable base camp tent in all conditions; bicycle tourers love its simplicity and completely free standing construction; and even regular backpackers find great comfort in its roominess and relatively light weight as well as in its strength and stability.
“Staika” means “high,” or “pointed” in Sami, the language of the people indigenous to northern Scandinavia.