The Forsinain Trail explores the landscapes that make the Flow Country so special, taking you through farmland, open hill ground, and former plantation. The farmland is an important feeding ground for birds like golden plover, dunlin and curlew. The trail also takes you past an area of dubh-lochain and a small loch where red-throated divers …
I visited Stroma via a boat across the Pentland Firth. Stroma lies two miles off the north coast of Caithness. The island measures a mile long and half a mile wide. In 1901, the population of the island peaked at a healthy 375, although this figure subsequently dwindled. In 1962, Mr and Mrs Andrew Manson …
A glorious winters day for this walk. A very gentle breeze. I took the B874 out of Halkirk, through the village and out to the level crossing, passing the WW2 Hoy Military Fuel storage tanks which were built to provide aircraft fuel for Castletown, Wick and Skitten airfields. The views from here are wide and …
My first visit to Loch Calder for 2025. It was a mild 12 degrees as I left to walk to the loch. A very strong head wind slowed my progrsss as I walked out from the village. Ben Dorrery was clearly visible but the distant Morven and Maiden Pap hills were hidden in the distant …
This walk took me out to the edge of the village to the rail bridge that crosses the river Thurso. The bridge carries the rail track for the Thurso Inverness train. It was a grey day but further south the sun was shining has it shone on the distant hills of Morven and Maiden Pap. …
Photos are from a series of 4 walks along a similar route. The first walks of 2025. Generally cold with ice and snow and temperatures as low as minus 10 degrees. Treacherous underfoot. River Thurso frozen.
A Caithness winter walk today. Beautiful refreshing walk – wild landscape with a big sky and long straight roads. Sharp and bracing wind.
A walk from Halkirk to Westerdale yesterday. A cloudy and windless day as I took the very straight country road from my home in Halkirk to the junction with the B870. Turning right brought me to the Bridge of Westerdale. A short distance downstream from the bridge are two similarly constructed early 17th century corn …
A short afternoon walk in and around Halkirk. Beautiful mild autumn day with a brisk southerly wind. Wonderful pale blue sky.
A tough 15k walk along the bank of the river Thurso, from Halkirk to Thurso. Difficult terrain at times. Also included the Burn of Geise from its confluence with the river Thurso to the ruins of the Geise Distillery. Note the autumn colours at the Thurso end of the river. Mainly dry but a brisk …