Wednesday 29 July 2009

Tuesday 28th July 2009


Coffee in the George Hotel, Penrith.

Monday 27th July 2009

We left the Isle of Lewis on the ferry.


Approaching the mainland.

Sunday 26 July 2009

Sunday 26th July 2009


So begins my last full day on Lewis for 2009...

Saturday 25th July 2009


Jo, Traigh Mhor, Isle of Lewis.

Friday 24th July 2009


Part of the structure of the Woodlands Centre, Stornoway.

Thursday 23rd July 2009


Choosing from the menu at the Schoolhouse at Lochcroistean.

Wednesday 22 July 2009

Wednesday 22nd July 2009


A Dunlin on Bayble beach.

Tuesday 21st July 2009

“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
Isaac Newton


"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
Albert Einstein
(Albert Einstein Quotes)

Monday 20 July 2009

Monday 20th July 2009



A fabric hanging in the Stornoway Ferry Terminal.

Sunday 19th July 2009



I made a Celtic Knot in my coffee!

Saturday 18 July 2009

Saturday 18th July 2009


In Stornoway harbour - in the rain.

Friday 17th July 2009


Lower Bayble from Eagleton, Isle of Lewis.

Thursday 16 July 2009

Thursday 16th July 2009


Devil's Bit Scabious - not the nicest of names for a lovely plant.

Wednesday 15 July 2009

Wednesday 15th July 2009

Rules are made to be broken. I have lasted until mid-July on one photo a day but today I had to break my one-a-day rule. I was just totally unable to choose between these two...


A piece of natural art on the sea shore.


A female Common Blue.

Tuesday 14th July 2009

Another walk down to the shore:-

Monday 13 July 2009

Monday 13th July 2009

Playing peep



I suspect the game of peek-a-boo is as old as Man himself. And it helps keep us all young!

Sunday 12 July 2009

Sunday 12th July 2009


Yet another sunrise.

Saturday 11th July 2009


A view from the Callanish Stones visitor centre.

Saturday 11 July 2009

Friday 10th July 2009

The hay harvest has begun.


Sadly, plastic wrapping has replaced old-fashioned stacks.

Thursday 9 July 2009

Thursday 9th July 2009


A close-up of a brilliant pottery dish of GB's. If you want to see the whole dish please visit Rambles from My Chair.

Wednesday 8 July 2009

Wednesday 8th July 2009

And, as a follow on from yesterday, you even have the Coastguard doing exercises outside your front door.

Tuesday 7 July 2009

Tuesday 7th July 2009

This really is the most wonderful place. You don't have to venture out of doors to get a fantastic view. And every day it is different.



I wonder what weather these clouds will bring?

Monday 6 July 2009

Monday 6th July 2009



I went into Stornoway this morning. This was a photo I took of a couple of oildrums floating in the inner harbour.

Sunday 5th July 2007

Yet again we had another marvellous sunrise and an equally good sunset.


This was part of the sunset.

Saturday 4 July 2009

Saturday 4th July 2009


Sleeping badly at least means I get to see the early morning mist and dew at 3.30 a.m.

Friday 3 July 2009

Friday 3rd July 2009


The wonderful shell and mother-of-pearl cover of a family photo album.

Thursday 2 July 2009

Thursday 2nd July 2009


We had a thunderstorm today.

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Wednesday 1st July 2009


One of GB's water lilies flowered this morning in the sunshine before the rain settled in for the day. This has been the first really wet afternoon and evening since I arrived.

Tuesday 30th June 2009


I had a walk over the headland, up to the cairn and down to the loch. This is Dun Bayble - an Iron Age fort, typical of those found on Lewis.

Monday 29th June 2009


I went into town this morning and came back on the bus after doing some shopping and having a wander around. The harbour looked splendid in the sunshine.