The calm before the storm? .... this mornings reflections on #LochGarten in the #Cairngorms

#Autumn colours

Simple pleasures; out enjoying the #SpeysideWay in the #Cairngorms today

'Circle game'.... after nearly a quarter of a century away great to be back on #LochRannoch this weekend supporting a #DofEExpedition Training #DofE

Belmaduthy on the Black Isle north of Inverness; said to be a "robbed" Orkney/Cromarty type of Chambered Cairn. #TombTuesday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Backhill Of Drachlaw in #Aberdeenshire is another potential ‘transitional-type’ stone circle - the shift from older, recumbents to the later, smaller four-posters? #StandingStoneSunday More pictures on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

#FingerpostFriday ... a plenty

Finzean House in #Aberdeenshire – “an excellently preserved long cairn with the potential to increase our knowledge of Neolithic burial customs”; HES. At 33m long & 3.5m high it’s massive. #TombTuesday More pictures on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

"It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels", Heinz Stucke

It's been suggested Image Wood in #Aberdeenshire is a ‘transitional-type’ stone circle - the shift from older, recumbents to the later, smaller four-posters? #StandingStoneSunday Many more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

This mornings #rainbow #sunrise

The ancient Caiy Stane, measuring 2.75m high and 1.55m wide and standing beside a residential road in the southern suburbs of Edinburgh. Erected some 5,000 years ago, its modern setting would be totally alien to those who put it here. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Edinburgh

Engineering as a beautiful work of art. This is the Kylesku Bridge on the west coast of Sutherland, seen in summer and in winter. The bridge replaced the Kylesku Ferry - or a 100-mile detour via Lairg - when it opened in 1984. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Sutherland

Simple pleasures ... this mornings #sunrise in the #Cairngorms

The Cairns of Memsie in #Aberdeenshire were once a ‘4,000 yr old cemetery’ of three large burial cairns separated by about 100m … now this is the only one left #TombTuesday More images of this huge, 4.5m tall burial cairn on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

"Creag Dubh is a fine individual mountain, a wonderful viewpoint not far from Newtonmore", @walkhighlands.co.uk ... and I had the pleasure of climbing it with good company this morning. #Cairngorms More info here www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/c...

Bright start to the week.... early morning sun lighting up #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms

Strichen House recumbent stone circle in #Aberdeenshire; razed, and then rebuilt in the early 1980’s #StandingStoneSunday More pictures @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

"This distinctive toadstool is a sure sign autumn is on the way" ... #FlyAgaric ..... that and the fact that our central heating came on this morning.

A day for reflection .... #LochGarten in the #Cairngorms

Tonight's #Cairngorms #sunset

Hidden beauty, Belladrum Clava Cairn located in a woodland south of Beauly. A decade ago, a second cairn, 25 metres north of the site, was rediscovered. #TombTuesday Location & picture on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Druidstone, #Aberdeenshire - only two stones survive of this circle, but both are over 2m tall. Some suggest a recumbent stone once lay between the two ... #StandingStoneSunday More images on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Tomnaverie Stone Circle, near Tarland in Aberdeenshire. The recumbent stone circle dates to the early Bronze Age and surrounds an earlier cairn. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Aberdeenshire #Tomnaverie

Homeward bound; the #Cairngorms looking dramatically beautiful on our ride back this afternoon.

A tad less full of colour - this mornings #sunrise in the #Cairngorms

"Like the first morning" - today's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms

Out this week exploring the far north west coat of Scotland #SeaKayaking

Small and beautiful; Grave of Diarmid stone square sitting on a small glacial mound at the southern end of Glenshee in the #Cairngorms …. #StandingStoneSunday Many more pictures @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Castle Point on the Moray Coast at Portsoy is said to span two millennia, from Iron Age to late Medieval. #HillfortsWednesday A few more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Carlin Stone, a massive, irregular, quartz branded, boulder thought by some to be the remains of a Recumbent circle. #StandingStoneSunday More pictures of this Aberdeenshire beauty on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Lostmarc'h menhir, 2.8 metres tall, standing on a headland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Finistère, #Brittany ... #StandingStoneSunday Many more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Tad choppy #SeaKayaking on the #MorayFirth last night .... PLEASE NOTE this is an attention seeking photo not fully representative of the evening experienced 🙂

Out today enjoying kayaking past the Sutors on the #Moray Firth

Lagatjar alignements in Finistere, Brittany … a site thought to once have 200 stones but still stunning with about a third remaining. #StandingStoneSunday Many more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

11/7/25 We headed out early towards the #Corbett Creag Mhòr. on top we had great views to Bynack More. Then headed to the Fords of Avon having lunch by the water. After trekked up to Loch Avon before making our way up to the Munro top of A'Choinneach. #Munros #cairngorms

11/7/25 Watching the sunset from Bynack Mor #cairngorms #scotland #Munros #mountains #sunset

New bus service from Dundee to Aberdeen starting, via Braemar. I really hope this is successful as we get soooo many folk emerge from the Lairig Ghru at Linn o Dee, asking when the buses south are 😉 www.ember.to/news/#new-du...

The Fortingall Yew stands in the churchyard of Fortingall Church near the east end of the attractive village of Fortingall in Perthshire. It is believed to be 5,000 years old and is quite possibly the oldest living thing on Earth. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Perthshire

Just back from an amazing week of tall ship sailing to #StKilda & exploring the islands in sea kayaks with friends Chris & Kate who run Clearwater Paddling … So fortunate to have 36 hours of island sunshine before the storms returned.

Johnston ‘ringing stone’ in Aberdeenshire #StandingStoneSunday More pics of this 2 metre high granite stane with cup marks on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

The Aikey Brae Stone Circle stands in a wonderfully secluded location at the summit of Parkhouse Hill near Maud and is the most original, complete, and "unimproved" stone circle on view in northern Aberdeenshire. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #AikeyBrae #Aberdeenshire

Lagmore West at it's beautiful best in June. Dramatically sited high above the confluence of rivers Spey and Avon, thought to be one of only 50 Clava Cairns #TombTuesday Many more images on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Nothing ‘common’ about this beautiful #Orchid flowering in our garden in the #Cairngorms

We can only speculate what the 33 cup marks on Easter Pitcorthie in #Fife might mean ….? #StandingStoneSunday More info on this large ‘grave stone’ on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

'Sleepy, cute, truly iconic' @wtscotsocial.bsky.social description of a #hedgehog ..... great to wake-up to one in our garden in the #Cairngorms this morning

Simple pleasures: early evening spin to clear the heed ... and remind me of the beauty of the #Cairngorms

Creag Phitiulais is a stunning viewpoint ‘overlooking’ Stathspey in the #Cairngorms … the 3m wide walls of this Dun would once have been seen from miles around #HillfortsWednesday A few more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Summer returned to the #Cairngorms today ..... the high pass of the #LairigGhru, centre picture, reaches 835m (2739 ft.)

‘This badly mutilated mound is a robbed cairn with the remains of a conspicuous kerb’ HES …. at 23m diameter Machrie Moor 10 on #Arran must once have been remarkably imposing #TombTuesday Many Moor pictures on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...