Hill Walking

Earlier in the week Lise, Eddie and I went on a great day trip to see waterfalls and to go hill walking near Loch Lomond.  It was a beautiful, warm and sunny day!

Rumbling Bridge Falls

The gorge just after the falls

Buttercups on the steep bank

Rumbling Bridge. The bridge is perched on the rocks on each side of the gorge, amazingly crafted. Apparently when the water gets high it makes a rumbling sound as it passes under the bridge, hence the name.

Loch Lomond

A hairy coo

And his friends

Lambs were everywhere

Lise and Eddie. Note the tshirts! It was warm. We headed up the valley west of Loch Lomond and hiked up the hill side - allowable because of very relaxed Scottish right of passage laws meaning you can walk just about anywhere you like.

The only clouds in the sky

These hill continue up the length of Scotland.

First glimpse of Loch Lomond from the top of the ridge

Standing on the second highest point of Ben Reoch

Looking at Ben Lomond across Loch Lomond

A stone sheep pen

It was quite a steep climb, and a steep decent, some of which was done sliding down the grassy slopes on our bums

The tiny spots in the middle of the photo are red deer

Blurry picture of the deer running up the hillside

The stream in the valley

More water falls! The stream had a little birch grove growing around it

Late afternoon light

Lichen on lichen on lichen

This week I've started my summer dissertation, and am researching potentials for urban agriculture in Edinburgh. There are a couple of symposiums happening here and in London in the next month about green spaces in cities and about urban agriculture, so the timing is working out quite nicely. I'm looking forward to a summer filled with more hill walking, lots of research and reading, a lot of food and hopefully some farm visits.