Earlier in the year, I had grand plans to visit Japan this September, but for various reasons that didn’t come off. Instead, I bought myself a new camera and decided to take a trip up to the Western Isles of Scotland – somewhere I’d not visited since 2005. I spent 10 days touring the islands by ferry and car, and covered over 1,600 miles by the time I returned home.
You can see the full photoset on Flickr, but here I’ll present you with one shot each day from the trip which didn’t quite make it as photo of the day.
3rd September – Carlisle to Isle of Sky
Near miss for Day #977:
Over The Bridge To Skye
4th September – Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye
Near miss for Day #978:
The Old Man Of Storr
5th September – Balranald & Berneray
Near miss for Day #979:
Approaching Storm, Balranald Beach
6th September – Touring Benbecula
Near miss for Day #980:
Abandoned Croft
7th September – Eriskay & South Uist
Near miss for Day #981:
Dusk On The Causeway
8th September – Àird a’ Mhòrain, North Uist
Near miss for Day #982:
Machair, Tràigh Ear
9th September – Touring, North Uist
Near miss for Day #983:
Moody In Malacleit
10th September – Vatersay
Near miss for Day #984:
Under The Clouds
11th September – Touring Barra
Near miss for Day #985:
Sunset At Stong Mòr
Future Plans
As you can see, there were plenty of beautiful landscape shots. I hope to be able to make another Blurb book from the best of my Scottish pictures in the near future – stay tuned! It will be a similar format and price to my very successful Essex Landscapes book from last year.