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This page displays an assortment of photographs of Blaven, Torrin, the Seven Miles from Broadford to Blaven, Isle of Skye and other parts of Scotland.

Photography, particularly landscape photography, is a passion of mine. For this website I have deliberately avoided the angry seas, brooding clouds landscape shots that I enjoy and instead picked the kind of images that you'd expect to see in a travel guide or brochure. Unlike some a travel brochures though there are no building sites, motorways or sewage treatment plants just out of shot.

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Blaven

An assortment of photographs of Blaven. You can read more about this mountain here.

Blaven from Camas Malag. Click to enlarge.
Blaven from Camas Malag.
   Blaven from Loch Slapin. Click to enlarge.
The "classic" view of Blaven from the east bank of Loch Slapin.
   Blaven from Loch Slapin. Click to enlarge.
The "classic" view of Blaven from the east bank of Loch Slapin.
   Modelling. Click to enlarge.
Preparing for a photoshoot by Loch Cill Chriosd with Blaven as a backdrop. This was a cold winter morning with everyone wrapped up and protected from the cold. Everyone that is except the model.
   Blaven from the Sound of Sleat. Click to enlarge.
Blaven from the Sound of Sleat.
  

Blaven from the Sound of Sleat. Click to enlarge.
Blaven from the Sound of Sleat with Ornsay lighthouse to the left.
   Blaven reflecting in Loch Slapin. Click to enlarge.
Blaven reflecting in Loch Slapin.
   Blaven from Torrin. Click to enlarge.
A snow-dusted Blaven from Torrin.
   Rocks, sheep and Blaven. Click to enlarge.
Rocks, sheep and Blaven from the east side of Loch Slapin. This is the only image on this website shot on 35mm film.
   Blaven and concrete rock. Click to enlarge.
The concrete "rock" in the foreground is part of the remains of a jetty that presumably once served the old Torrin quarry immediately behind the photographer.
  

Torrin

A selection of photographs in and around the village of Torrin. You can read more about the village here.

Cottage. Click to enlarge.
This beautiful cottage was restored during the 2000s.
   Torrin. Click to enlarge.
Torrin from the west bank of Loch Slapin.
   Torrin. Click to enlarge.
Looking west over Torrin towards Loch Slapin and Blaven.
   The old church. Click to enlarge.
Torrin's church was converted in to a family home in the early 1992. It now offers self-catering accommodation for up to eight people.
   Approaching Torrin. Click to enlarge.
Approaching Torrin with a snow covered Blaven in the background.
  

Approaching Torrin. Click to enlarge.
Approaching Torrin with Blaven in the background.
   Corrugated huts. Click to enlarge.
The rear hut used to be the Torrin shop. It was moved to the current location after the shop closed in the 1960s.
   Torrin. Click to enlarge.
The old marble quarry (left) and Torrin from the west bank of Loch Slapin.
   Torrin. Click to enlarge.
Torrin and a snow covered Blaven.
   Torrin barns. Click to enlarge.
Torrin barns.
  

Torrin outbuilding. Click to enlarge.
Lurking in the trees behind the two barns in the previous photograph.
   Torrin cottage. Click to enlarge.
Cottage, trees, snow and mountain.
   Torrin at night. Click to enlarge.
Torrin buildings painted by torchlight (flashlight) and passing car headlights.
   Skye Marble quarry. Click to enlarge.
Visually the current marble quarry at Torrin has minimal visual impact on the area from most angles. However the plant and workings are exposed on the Kilbride to Camas Malag road as shown here.
   Loch Slapin salmon farm. Click to enlarge.
Arrays of floating sea cages and walkways like these ones on Loch Slapin can be found in many Scottish sea lochs and especially around the crinkle-cut coastline of Skye.
  

Seven Miles

A selection of photographs taken on the seven miles of road between Broadford and Blaven. You can read more about the sights, the landmarks and the history here.

Broadford Pier. Click to enlarge.
The "Girl Beth" catches the winter sun at Broadford Pier.
   Sunrise over Broadford. Click to enlarge.
Winter sunrise over Broadford Bay.
   Broadford ducks. Click to enlarge.
Ducks enjoying a mid-morning stroll around Broadford Bay. Just above the head of the rightmost duck is the abutment of the bridge that used to carry "The Marble Line" narrow gauge railway down to Broadford Pier.
   A busy Broadford Pier. Click to enlarge.
Passengers await the arrival of the Paddle Steamer "Waverley" for a cruise to Loch Nevis.
   Beinn na Caillich. Click to enlarge.
Beinn na Caillich with the remains of the chambered cairn in the foreground.
  

The B8083. Click to enlarge.
Strath Suardal and the B8083 road to Torrin, Blaven and Elgol.
   Industrial remains. Click to enlarge.
A tree sprouts from brickwork near Suardal and the abandoned marble cutting and polishing works.
   Cill Chriosd. Click to enlarge.
The ruined church at Cill Chriosd on the road from Broadford to Torrin.
   Cill Chriosd at night. Click to enlarge.
The ruined church is photogenic and worth exploring at any hour. For this shot on a bitingly cold, dark December night I triggered the camera remotely as I drove past in the car with headlights on, parked up and walked back along the road towards the camera in total darkness using a torch (flashlight) to paint in the building and features.
   Loch Cill Chriosd. Click to enlarge.
The autumn sun settles over Loch Cill Chriosd. Blaven is visible in the middle distance.
  

Kilchrist. Click to enlarge.
The old manse in the abandoned settlement of Kilchrist. Blaven is to the left and Beinn na Caillich to the right.
   Kilchrist window. Click to enlarge.
Blaven through the square window of the old manse at Kilchrist.
   Blaven shrouded in cloud. Click to enlarge.
Blaven shrouded in cloud, viewed from Strath Suardal.
   Allt an t-Stratha Bhig. Click to enlarge.
Allt an t-Stratha Bhig flows down from Strath Beag, past the old Torrin marble quarry and in to Loch Slapin.
   Strath. Click to enlarge.
Strath Suardal looking north east towards Broadford.
  

Isle of Skye

Photographs of other parts of the Isle of Skye. You can read more about Skye here.

Eilean Bàn lighthouse. Click to enlarge.
The decommissioned lighthouse on Eilean Bàn.
   M/S "Explorer" off Armadale. Click to enlarge.
M/S "Explorer" catches the light under a threatening sky off Armadale. Six months later she struck a submerged iceberg off the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and sank, fortunately with no loss of life.
   Elgol. Click to enlarge.
Elgol beach with the Cuillin ridge in the background.
   Elgol. Click to enlarge.
Elgol beach with the Cuillin ridge in the background.
   "Hebridean Isles". Click to enlarge.
Caledonian MacBrayne ferry "Hebridean Isles" catches the evening light at Uig pier.
  

Elgol Primary School. Click to enlarge.
Elgol Primary School surely has one of the best playground views of any school in the UK.
   Elgol rocks. Click to enlarge.
Elgol beach is a magnet for geologists and photographers alike. It is not hard to understand why.
   Heavy horses. Click to enlarge.
Heavy horses on the beach at Armadale.
   "Waverley" at Portree. Click to enlarge.
Paddle Steamer "Waverley" approaching the pier at Portree.
   Skye Bridge. Click to enlarge.
The Skye Bridge.
  

The Wedding Cake. Click to enlarge.
The MV "Coruisk" leaves Armadale for the 30 minute crossing to Mallaig.
   The Old Man of Storr. Click to enlarge.
The majestic 48 metre (157 feet) high Old Man of Storr.
   Portree. Click to enlarge.
Portree, the capital of Skye.
   Kylerhea Glenelg Ferry. Click to enlarge.
Kylerhea Glenelg ferry.
   Isle of Eigg. Click to enlarge.
The distinctive shape of An Sgurr on Eigg as seen from Elgol.
  

Isle Ornsay pier. Click to enlarge.
Isle Ornsay pier.
   Kyle Akin. Click to enlarge.
Kyle Akin with the village of Kyleakin to the left and Kyle of Lochalsh and the Lochalsh Hotel to the right.
   Highland cow. Click to enlarge.
A highland cow at Drinan stares back.
   Sheep!. Click to enlarge.
A rare photograph of a sheep on Skye that is not standing on or near a road! Cheviot sheep at Camas Malag with Blaven in the background.
   Abandoned cottage, Elgol. Click to enlarge.
Infra-red photograph of an abandoned cottage near Elgol.
  

Kilmarie House. Click to enlarge.
An immaculate Kilmarie House.
   MV "Loch Striven". Click to enlarge.
Calmac's "Loch Striven" on a run between Sconser on Skye and the Isle of Raasay.
  

Scotland

An eclectic collection of photographs reflecting the heritage and diversity of Scotland.

The national flag of Scotland. Click to enlarge.
The national flag of Scotland. A battered and tattered Saint Andrew's Cross or Saltire, flutters proudly from the stern of the CalMac ferry MV "Loch Nevis".
   "Waverley" off Kerrera. Click to enlarge.
Paddle Steamer "Waverley" steaming south through the Sound of Kerrera.
   Iona Abbey. Click to enlarge.
Iona Abbey is one of Scotland's most historic and venerated Christain sites and the burial place of early Scottish kings.
   St Martin's cross. Click to enlarge.
8th century St Martin's cross at Iona Abbey.
   "Waverley" off Iona. Click to enlarge.
Paddle Steamer "Waverley" anchored in the Sound of Iona.
  

Eilean Donan Castle. Click to enlarge.
Thankfully not suitable for the lid of a shortbread tin. Eilean Donan Castle at dusk looking towards Loch Alsh.
   Eilean Donan Castle. Click to enlarge.
The rarely seen Loch Duich side of the (in)famous Eilean Donan Castle.
   Jackie Stewart. Click to enlarge.
Triple Formula 1 world champion Jackie Stewart reunited with his 1971 Tyrrell 003 at Knockhill in Fife.
   Hermitage Castle. Click to enlarge.
Mary, Queen of Scots visited Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders in 1566.
   International Polo. Click to enlarge.
Scotland take on Wales at Scone for the TMI Festival Cup. Wales won.
  

Sgurr of Eigg. Click to enlarge.
The 50 million year old Sgurr of Eigg.
   FB "Laig Bay". Click to enlarge.
Flit Boat "Laig Bay" transferred up to 28 passengers at a time plus cargo from the "big ferry" to the Isle of Eigg. She retired from the route in 2004 with the opening of a new slipway.
   Lismore Lighthouse. Click to enlarge.
Lismore Lighthouse, 8km (5 miles) north-west of Oban.
   Plockton. Click to enlarge.
The picturesque village of Plockton with the village of Ardaneaskan at the end of the rainbow.
   "Hebridean Princess". Click to enlarge.
Former ferry "Hebridean Princess", now a luxurious cruise ship, off Mull with a shipload of well pampered passengers.
  

Ardnamurchan Point. Click to enlarge.
Ardnamurchan Point, the westernmost part of mainland Great Britain.
   Steam locomotive "Morayshire". Click to enlarge.
Preserved LNER steam locomotive "Morayshire" pulls away from B'oness Station on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.
   Orchardton Tower. Click to enlarge.
Orchardton Tower near Dalbeattie dates from the late 1450s and is unique in that it is the only circular tower house in Scotland.
   Her Majesty's Yacht "Britannia". Click to enlarge.
Her Majesty's Yacht "Britannia" at Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh. She served as the Royal Yacht for Queen Elizabeth II for 43 years before being decommissioned in December 1997.
   Staffa and Fingal's cave. Click to enlarge.
Staffa with Fingal's cave centre.
  

Oban. Click to enlarge.
Oban, harbour, fishing boats and McCaig's Folly.
   Balamory. Click to enlarge.
Tobermory, Isle of Mull.
   Glamis Castle. Click to enlarge.
Glamis Castle, Angus.
   "Queen Elizabeth 2". Click to enlarge.
Clyde built Cunard liner "Queen Elizabeth 2" departs the River Clyde after celebrating her 40th birthday.
   Red deer. Click to enlarge.
Red deer at the Scottish Deer Centre, Cupar.
  

Camas Aird nam Fiasgan. Click to enlarge.
Camas Aird nam Fiasgan, Morrar with the Isle of Rùm in the distance.
   MV "Loch Striven". Click to enlarge.
The "Loch Striven" tied up at Kyle of Lochalsh pier. The ferry normally runs between Sconser on Skye and the Isle of Raasay.
  
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