Impressions
from the scottish west coast, August 2004
By using the information on the map and the image names you'll recognize where the fotos were taken :)
I've been to Scotland for approximately the 8th time in 2004, as I am truly in love with the landscape. While I did shoot plenty of fotos before, those were always on film. This time I took the opportunity to use my new digital camera and make some of the landscape available here. I hope you're going to like what you see, these are some of the places that I like most. There are some comments included below as well.
Most
of the fotos and album done by Stefan, some fotos by Daniel
All
images and contents: copyright 2004 - no download, distribution
etc. without my permission!
000map
001GlasgowUniversity
002GlasgowUniversity
003GlasgowRiver
The
first images are from Glasgow, because we attended a conference there. I
really don't like the city that much, however, university somewhat reminds
you of Hogwarts.
004GlasgowExhCenter
005GlasgowDowntown
006Glencoe
007Glencoe
Glencoe
is by way to the west coast via Rannoch Moor and the Great Glen. While it's
spectacular, there's an incredible amound of tourists in coaches around.
008LochAlsh
009EileanDonanCastle
010Skye
011Skye
I
had to include an image of Eilean Donan Castle, for the benefit of everybody
who associates this with Scotland....
012Skye
013Skye
014Skye
015Skye
Skye
is part of the Inner Hebrides / Western Isles and is an absolutely lovely
as well as stunning place. Road signs in the northwest are in english as
well as gaelic.
016Skye
017Skye
018Skye
019Skye
Heather,
thistles and sheep (together with fox glove and midges...) are some of the
predominant inhabitants of Scotland. And of course everybody loves the sight
of Highland Cattle.
020Skye
021Skye
022TowardsApplecross
023Applecross
The
road to the Applecross peninsula once even inspired an Audi commercial.
Guess why.
024Applecross
025Applecross
026Applecross
027Applecross
The
only thing that is more omnipresent than sheep are midges. In case you don't
know, these are very small stinging insects that can be a real nuisance.
Of course, there HAS to be a tradeoff for the landscape!
028Applecross
029Applecross
030Applecross
031Applecross
Applecross
is very lush and you can enjoy several arboreal walks that will present
you with ancient trees.
032Applecross
033Applecross
034SkyeFromWesterRoss
035WesterRoss
The
coast across from Skye is very scenic and permits incredible views of the
Cuillins (the Skye mountain range), basically the skyline of Skye ;-)
036WesterRoss
037WesterRoss
038WesterRoss
039Inverewe
Besides
all imaginable (and some unimaginable) shades of green, scottish landscape
is so peculiar because of the weather - especially the sun peeking through
clouds.
040Inverewe
041Inverewe
042Inverewe
043Inverewe
Inverewe
Gardens is a truly amazing place. It contains a walled garden that grows
all kinds of flowers and veggies.
044Inverewe
045Inverewe
046Inverewe
047Inverewe
Behind
the walled garden, a large arboretum displays a variety of trees from all
over the world.
048Inverewe
049Inverewe
050Inverewe
051Inverewe
Even
tree ferns are growing here, the moist climate is ideal for mosses and ferns.
052Sutherland
053Sutherland
054Sutherland
055Sutherland
Sutherland
is the extreme northwestern part of Scotland and the landscape I like best.
056Sutherland
057Sutherland
058Sutherland
059Sutherland
What
makes it even nicer is the fact that the amount of coaches etc. diminish
the farther north you head. Beware of the Great Glen and Fort William, love
the North and single track roads.
060Sutherland
061Durness
062Durness
063Durness
I
am not yet sure whether Durness at the northwestern edge of Scotland or
Fraser Island off the australian east coast is the most beautiful place
I've ever been. But Durness is one of the two... :)
064Durness
065Durness
066Durness
067Durness
It
is always difficult for me to turn my back and leave this place.
068Durness
069Durness
I
hope you enjoyed the show. Please tell
me what you think.