#craignish

[benvironment]

Another go!  A better display than at the weekend. This time I could actually see green columns shimmering without having to use the camera...but it faded quite quickly and now it just looks dark out there again :)

[artfromthefuture]

And so, we meet again by Steve Richard Via Flickr: After more than 9 years I went back to the wreck of "Our Atalanta". She's still visible......just.

[benvironment]

The camera shows up more than I could see, but there's definitely aurora on the northern horizon just now, seen from here in Craignish :)

To the naked eye there's no red, rather it's just a dull but definite green glow on the horizon, and even then I have to be outside for 15 mins before my eyes can adjust enough to see it.

The lesson here is not to always believe the piccies in the Daily Mail the next day that show someone silhouetted in the foreground, gazing skyward in awe of a luminous green sky, more often than not with arms outstretched in both disbelief and amazement. They’re always superb photos but in most cases it’s not what the photographer actually saw ;-)

[benvironment]

It was a moody final day in Craignish. And yep, we got wet, obviously ;-)

[benvironment]

Day 2 in Craignish. Yet another filthy morning so anything outdoorsy was postponed till the afternoon.....at which point I simply walked from the door and did a circumnavigation of the very end of the peninsula.

First stop....Aird jetty, where I was delighted to find one of THOSE road signs. When I was kid, the car falling off a dock was always my favourite for some reason. Probably cos I lived in the West Midlands and we were as far away from those road signs as you could possibly be, so it was always proper exotic when we spotted one.

It was a nice west-facing spot though, so proper windy. And to be honest, even though I long for calm, still, sunny days when I'm out west, I'd be disappointed if I didn't get at least ONE stormy day.

Once at the end of the peninsula I spent a good while just watching the crazy turbulent water out at Dorus Mor. Not as big as Corryvreckan but sobering to watch open water rushing in all directions like that.

[benvironment]

As soon as yesterday morning's deluge abated I rushed straight out to Lunga Estate in search of autumn......and I'm delighted to say I found it. Finally!

It was, to be honest, a really dreich old day. One of those ones where you can't help but doubt the forecasts cos they say it will be sunshine and blue skies come afternoon.....but you head out anyway in the hope it'll come good.

All the forecasts had the front passing through quickly so despite getting very wet on the walk out to the woodland........the sun did indeed come out at exactly the right time, just as I got to the woodland. Aww, native woodlands in the autumn sunshine really do take some beating :)

At that point it seemed rude therefore, not to tramp a bit further across insanely wet ground to the coast proper, for the view across to Scarba and Jura :) Add to that a pair of white tailed eagles, a sparrowhawk flypast and a lovely old metal gate, and you get a perfect first day in Craignish :)

[benvironment]

Veeeeery nice night sky here in Craignish just now :) No aurora or even shooting stars, but it is VERY VERY dark so there are many more stars out than even the darkest of nights in the Lomond Hills, with the Milky Way clearly visible. Course, to the naked eye it doesn't look quite as vivid as this, rather this is the detail that the camera sees. But it's there!

  And yep there's still a bit of noise in the photo but you get the idea. The sky is full of stars ;-) Little to no light pollution to speak of, just a glow from Oban over the hills :)

[suevincent]

An old story of Craignish ~ Jo Woolf Reblogged from The Hazel Tree: I’m always being reminded that pretty much every rocky outcrop, every patch of woodland and every bay in this part of Scotland has a story attached to it.