Archive of journal entries re "Scotland"

Shortlisted for Legacy in Flow

Colin O'Brien
Tell me what I can see from the train

FLOW Photofest is a biennial international photography festival with exhibitions across the Scottish Highlands & Islands. 2021 is the third time it has been held, this time with the theme of “Legacy”.

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Time to get moving

Colin O'Brien
Tree by the river

I originally wrote this in January, 2021. Now it is August and almost two years since I had my annual check up with my doctor and he thought I should get the heart murmur he could hear checked out.

So it was exactly a year since my surgeon declared that »

SNPA print goes on tour

Colin O'Brien
status:

The print of my SNPA runner-up joined the rest of the exhibition this week as it started its tour around Scotland at Moray Art Centre. To celebrate this, and to get going on redoing all the portfolios, etc on my websites, I have started a new project gallery, Forestry, Woodland, Trees and also redone all of the galleries on my UK site. I won’t be able to make it to this exhibition, so I’m hoping they will send me some photos soon and I can update this entry.

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On the road to Garvault

Colin O'Brien
Broch with a view

The hotel at Garvault is claimed to be the most remote in the UK. So if you are forever stopping to take photos along the way, you are likely to arrive late. All the more wondrous that I did not know the owner planned to have all guests sit »

Scotland with Jill

Colin O'Brien
Don't let that boat float away

I flew to Inverness on the 6th, with Jill to follow on the 11th. The trip itself is to introduce Jill to some of the highlights I found on my recent trips: Glen Affric, Skye, Ullapool; nothing original there I guess. I traveled early, to make my own mini-NC500, »

February 2018, Scotland, trip 3 summary

Colin O'Brien
Kyle bridge Cuillins

The idea of this trip was borne in part out of the frustrations of my previous trip while taking a long detour drive because the hike I’d planned proved too challenging that day and I was having all this trouble finding accommodation and I pulled the car over for »

Race from Wick to Aberdeen

Colin O'Brien
Trees, snow and sheep

Quite the trip.

I was up bright and early, too early to even see my great AirBnB hosts to thank them, walked the half-mile to the train station. For a long time, it was just me and the train, so I selected a good seat and went outside and »

Finally made it to Wick

Colin O'Brien
From the bus you can see the train

I woke up this morning and thought, I’ll go to Wick. And now I here am. But only for a few minutes; well no, I’m here overnight, but still, only saw my wonderful AirBnB hosts to say hello when I arrived (didn’t want to interrupt their dinner).

Last night there »