Loch Garten meet Sunday 14th August

[PMG]

Originally Posted by pressld2

Got home earlier this evening after a fantastic two weeks touring the highlands and islands (well two of 'em anyway - Mull and Bass Rock).

In the end it was just the three of us for this meet, Audrey and husband Bob, and myself. Highlights, apart from the company and the fabulous scenery, were the wild flowers - frog orchid, lesser twayblade, devil's bit scabious, fox and cubs, and several more that I'll rememnber when I download the photos.

Many, many thanks to Audrey and Bob for being so generous with their time and local knowledge. And especially to Bob for hanging on to my trousers while I was leaning out to photograph the black darter!

Dave P.

Welcome back and down to earth with a bump eh? Arn't the Cairngorms something else?! I wish I had been well enough I would have come up for a few days and thoroughly enjoyed the place and the company - maybe next time.

Lookin forward to the pics esp the black darter! I too got a shade too close to going in headfirst at that spot and no-one there when I did it! It was very close to a dunking of the camera and me

I bet you've really enjoyed that and will be going again!

Pauline

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by PMG

Welcome back and down to earth with a bump eh?

Yes, and what a bump - A level results day.

Originally Posted by PMG

Lookin forward to the pics esp the black darter! I too got a shade too close to going in headfirst at that spot and no-one there when I did it! It was very close to a dunking of the camera and me

Might be a while as I've only just finished importing them all into Lightroom. Not sure I should admit this but from the whole fortnight there's 5717 of them. And I did some editing of obvious duffers on the laptop while I was away so I'm sure I took over 6000 all told. Quite a lot of landscapes as you might expect. It's not just the Cairngorms, the whole of Northern Scotland just kept making me go "wow!"

Originally Posted by PMG

I bet you've really enjoyed that and will be going again!

First chance I get but that may be a few years away. It's such a long distance from Kent and next time I shall have to pay for the fuel myself.

Dave P.

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by pressld2

Many, many thanks ...... especially to Bob for hanging on to my trousers while I was leaning out to photograph the black darter!

You don't learn do you Dave?

[The_Moaner]

Glad you had a Good time Dave. You Lucky B*****r..
Have always wanted to go to Scotland but have never made it yet.
Looking forward to seeing some of your images.
Have a Good Weekend.

[pressld2]

Thanks Dennis. You really must get there - the scenery is incredible and the wildlife is the icing on top. It can be a bit wet but you're Welsh so you're used to that!

Originally Posted by The_Moaner

Looking forward to seeing some of your images.

I'm doing a thread for them in the form of a diary at A Horizontal Tour of Scotland. With any luck I'll be posting the third installment in about an hour or so.

Dave P.