Spent a great weekend at Trees for Life at Dundreggan in the Highlands @visitdundreggan.bsky.social learning about their work, walking and practicing yoga with like-minded people. We couldn’t have asked for better weather @highlandsrewilding.bsky.social @rewildscotland.bsky.social #Rewilding #Trees

When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/hedgehogs

"Just 5 more minutes?" 😴 #MondayMotivation

When you’ve no power for 36 hours over a storm, what else is there to do but immerse yourself in a good book?! I started ‘A Fire in Their Hearts’, the new book by local writer Philip Paris #HistoricFiction #Books #ScottishFiction

'The Unknown' sculpture by Kenny Hunter in Borgie Forest, Sutherland.

You know how your mobile can show you photo memories? One has just popped up on my home screen #Berlin #Cathedral

Remembering Ivor. Photo of Ivor against the Autumn leaves; he knew how handsome he was #Whippets #Dogs

Genius

These clear and cool mornings, where the morning sun gives the autumn leaves a golden glow are so uplifting. This is a view from the house that I’ll never tire of #Trees #Autumn

A beautiful autumn day in the Highlands today. We went walking on one of our old haunts; 9 miles along the River Conon on the Brahn estate. This is one of my favourite places and holds memories of our much missed Whippet, Ivor. brahan.com/brahan-house... #ScottishHighlands #SalmonRivers

Remembering Ivor; an adventurous and risk taking Whippet who lived for his outdoor pursuits. And when I say pursuit, he was pretty fast! #Whippets

I’ve had the joy of seeing a red squirrel on my way to work this morning. I’m still smiling 😁

A wee selection of needle felted portrait - just back from holidays and will post new portraits soon

The interior stained glass windows of The Collegiate Church in Tain, the ideal place for a talk by Philip Paris on his new fictional book about the persecution of Covenanters in the 1600’s ‘A Fire in Their Hearts’ #Churches #Highlands #Books

Sometimes the back of buildings are more interesting than the front. This is the rear view of buildings on Tain High Street taken from the old cemetery. The higgeldypiggeldy rear of the buildings reminds me a wee bit of Edinburgh #Highlands

In the 1840s the Galson estate on Lewis was cleared for sheep. Most people were put onto emigration ships to Canada. Finally in 2007 - a community buyout. This commemorative sculpture by Will Maclean & Marian Leven is shortlisted for Marsh Award. If it moves you pls vote. pssauk.org/2025-pssa-ma...

Tain is a small town in the Highlands and can hold its own when it comes to book festivals. Over the past week the annual Book & Arts Festival has been running and tonight we had Graeme Macrae Burnet, celebrated author of His Bloody Project. I’m looking forward to his new book already #Books

Let's all sign this petition and see what the grifting bastard has been up to chng.it/pVcLjps7tW

One of the pleasures of an evening is to watch the bats at dusk performing their acrobatics #Nature

Do you think the BBC is headed by a Reform supporter? #BiasBBC

YES I have signed. Have you? www.yes.scot/signup/

Hopefully Angela Rayner will join Jeremy Corbyn now she’s been hounded in to resigning. A disgrace while the likes of Farage is getting away with worse; shame he walked away from that helicopter crash #FuckingBritishPolitics

I went for my first wild swim today, sort of, managed to sit in the water for around 45 seconds. It was a wee bit windy and the tide was out but I’ll definitely do it again. I’m nice and tingly now #WildSwimming #Health

We have a visitor trying to stay out of the rain by sheltering under the eaves of the house #Wildlife #Nature

On our walk today we came across an Adder basking in the sun, thankfully off the main track. A beautiful creature, it slithered off hissing as I took a picture. The first live one I’ve seen in years #Nature #Wildlife

Today’s excursion was a walk to Loch Glass and the Pink House near Evanton in the Scottish Highlands. This was one of the finest Caledonian Pine forests I’ve seen though rhododendron was encroaching after looking like it had been cut back. #Walking

Today’s excursion was Culloden and a walk through Culloden woods and Clava stones, an ancient burial site. Culloden is very touristy but that aside you can only imagine what went on here in 1746.

My gardening joy this Summer has come from Buddleja. We cut back an area overgrown with Gorse and Bracken and found two woody Buddleja’s. I cut them down to base and they’ve produced beautifully scented flower spikes and I’ve had Peacock, Comma and Red Admiral butterflies #Gardening #Nature

Today’s activity was a 7 mile walk in Dunbeath, Caithness. This is historic clearances country and there are many remnants of buildings which once housed families before they were forcibly (and violently in many cases) cleared to make way for sheep #ScottishHighlands #Walking

Just read a line from the book I’m reading (Dominion, by CJ Sansom): ‘1914 was an orgy of nationalism and flag waving and you’d think people would have learned from that, what it led to’

What a lovely day! We were up and away for a big cycle, a beautiful route which involved the 10 minute Cromarty ferry crossing. 47 miles all in and we’re rewarded by exhaustion and a Cromarty beer #Cycling #ScottishHighlands

Cromarty Community sauna, right on the Cromarty Firth

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? Think I’ll be ok but it will be a heart thumping roller coaster

In more recent years my favourite author has been CJ Sansom. I have two more of his books to read and I’ve been pacing myself while seeking a writer who is equally has compelling. Today I am starting ‘Dominion’ #Books

I have just finished a most fabulous book ‘The Rebel of Seventh Avenue’ by Annabelle Marx. I’m all tears and snotters, what a wonderful piece of writing and this is only her second book. I can’t recommend it enough #Books #HistoricalFiction

I say we should celebrate our dogs every day but there is an extra special day. How will you celebrate #internationalDogDay?

Here’s one from the Ivor archive. I took loads of standing shots for a needle felt commission at the time. From canine to the woolly end result #Whippets #NeedleFelt

Ok, well this dude is the Skeleton Cyclist who sits on the route of an annual endurance event called the Strathpuffer. It’s a 24 hour cycle through a tough woodland terrain that takes place in Winter in the Highlands. Fancy it? strathpuffer.co.uk #Cycling #Fitness

Today, we revisited an area we used to walk often with our much missed Whippet, Ivor. We talked about him for most of the 8 miles, he was such good company and loved his walks #ScottishHighlands #Walking #Nature

Does anyone know where I’ve been today? #ScottishHighlands

Attempts to book a short holiday in my own country is prohibitively expensive! It’s turning into a piss take

When you hear "Happy Monday!" but you haven't had your coffee. #MondayMotivation 📷 Peter Christian

We found quite a big mushroom in the woods today 😳 #Nature #Fungi

On a walk today we found a baby weasel by the side of a road. Thankfully uninjured but very young and I was surprised it hadn’t been run over. Not knowing what to do I placed it in some long grass in a farmers field hoping the mother will come back. It was very weak

Picked my next read: ‘The Rebel of Seventh Avenue’ by Highlands based writer Annabelle Marx. I loved her debut ‘The Herbalists Secret’ so much and I’m looking forward to this new one.

The way touch me not plant's (Mimosa pudica) leaves fold up when touched.

This is joyful: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf6q...

After spending 24 hours without electricity my evening is now planned out; how to be creative with things from the freezer 🤔 (I hate food waste) #StormFloris

For anyone looking to visit Scotland and wanting to learn more, or if, like me, you’re Scottish and want to learn more, there is a great You Tuber called Ruth Aisling. In my opinion she’s doing more to promote Scotland than Visit Scotland themselves. Check her out: m.youtube.com/channel/UC-v...

Old cemeteries and churches are atmospheric places to visit. This one had a 9th century stone and a Sycamore which is estimated to be around 200 years old #Trees #Heritage. The reverse side of the stone depicts a scene thought to symbolise a battle.