Mountains and Moorlands

Golden light bathes the frozen grasses at a frosty Black Rock Cottage with snow capped Stob Dearg in the distance.

Two Scottish Icons, Stob Dearg and Black Rock Cottage on a frosty December morning

A few fleeting moments of sunlight dapple the distant peak of Sgurr an Fheadain behind the dramatic and beautiful crystal clear waters and waterfalls of the 'Fairy Pools'

One of my personal favourites, The conditions were just perfect for this image of Brimilsvellir Church which sits on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. I'm blessed to have arrived here early with undisturbed snow and a wonderful sky.

Another shot from wonderful Brimilsvellir in perfect conditions

Blackrock cottage and Stob Dearg again although this time late at night and lit only by the moon. The shadows of the trees on the front of the cottage are caused only by moonlight.

Rannoch Moor on a bleak day, my eye was caught by the tree stumps sticking through the ice, remnants of the ancient Caledonian Forest that once covered much of the Highlands.

The four peaks of the Black Mount look resplendent in their winter coat as the ice begins to melt on Rannoch Moor

Wonderfully situated on a hill-top above Loch Ailort this little whitewashed church once served the now deserted townships of Ardnish and Polnish.

Bjarnarhofn chapel, a lovely but remotely situated small wooden church near Stykkisholmur on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula

The Quiraing is a landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish ridge on the Isle of Skye.

The remains of a long forgotten village and the ruin of what once was a Manse at Chill Chriosd (Kilchrist) Isle of Skye

The fantastic limestone pavements at Twiselton Scar above Chapel-le-Dale

Standing in Gleinn Dà-Eigg an offshoot of Glen Lyon, the Praying Hands (Fionns Rock) takes our imagination back deep into Scotland’s Celtic past.

The standing stones at Machrie Moor, this is circle number two now represented by three tall, slender stones (up to 5.5m high), this circle would have originally consisted of seven or eight stones.

The snow covered Buachaille Etive Mor rises behind the Lagangarbh Bothy on a bleak day on Rannoch Moor. 

Almost out of place this Erratic stands atop Twistleton Scar looking across to Ingleborough.

Evening light falls on this lone tree surviving on the limestone pavement at Twistleton Scar

Lochan na Achlaise on a magical, colourful but very cold morning on Rannoch Moor.

I never tire of visiting Rannoch Moor, early morning is a magical time to be there with a camera. Quiet, peaceful and beautiful, it's a place that stirs my emotions.

Erratic boulders deposited from the last ice age stand on the beautiful bleakness of Rannoch Moor as they have for over 11,000 years. We are here for only a blink of an eye in earths timelime.

Wonderful light on the top of the Black Mount as Frozen Lochan na Achlaise and Rannoch Moor wakes up to a new day.