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[Ion Cannon!]

Yes thats right, I'm off up north again, though for slightly longer this time, 6 weeks in fact and I'm not there entirely for pleasure either. I'm primarily there for my undergraduate mapping project, which is essentially my dissertation. The area I'm going to is known as the Isle of Skye and it has some of the most magnificient scenery in UK. While I'm there hopefully I'll get to experience some of it, I'll also be taking my camera so expect alot of pictures. I'll still be around as well, thanks to my new notebook.

It has also just struck me how long I've spent in Scotland over the past year, or at least will have. I'm going up there again for a holiday a month after my mapping project which takes the amount of weeks I've spent in Scotland to 13 in 1 year, thats a quarter of the entire year!

The main body of mountains are known as the Black Cuillin and consist of dark volcanic gabbro, they're a mecca for walkers and climbers alike. There is also the Red Cuillin which are smaller in stature and not as difficult, but they are wonderful mountains and the views are spectacular. The jagged coast is also quite a sight.

Anyway, heres an idea of the scenery up there.

Edited by Ion Cannon!, 12 June 2011 - 00:07.

[Chyros]

Ah yes, we wanted to visit Skye when we were in Scotland a few years ago, but the weather was so bad that we didn't. Looks fantastic though. Whisky?

[Dutchygamer]

Chyros, on 12 Jun 2011, 1:40, said:

Ah yes, we wanted to visit Skye when we were in Scotland a few years ago, but the weather was so bad that we didn't. Looks fantastic though. Whisky?

Whisky is Irish mate A bottle of scrumpy would fit better
Anyways, good luck with your project, and hope you make some good pictures

[Alias]

Dutchygamer, on 13 Jun 2011, 2:29, said:

Chyros, on 12 Jun 2011, 1:40, said:

Ah yes, we wanted to visit Skye when we were in Scotland a few years ago, but the weather was so bad that we didn't. Looks fantastic though. Whisky?

Whisky is Irish mate A bottle of scrumpy would fit better

You're the one who has it wrong.

Whisky is Scottish, Whiskey is Irish and Scrumpy is from where AJ/Dr are from.

[Chyros]

Dutchygamer, on 12 Jun 2011, 18:29, said:

Chyros, on 12 Jun 2011, 1:40, said:

Ah yes, we wanted to visit Skye when we were in Scotland a few years ago, but the weather was so bad that we didn't. Looks fantastic though. Whisky?

Whisky is Irish mate A bottle of scrumpy would fit better

Whisky is to Scotland what Guinness is to Ireland. Having been in both, I can assure you whisky is VERY Scottish .

[Dutchygamer]

Chyros, on 12 Jun 2011, 18:36, said:

Dutchygamer, on 12 Jun 2011, 18:29, said:

Chyros, on 12 Jun 2011, 1:40, said:

Ah yes, we wanted to visit Skye when we were in Scotland a few years ago, but the weather was so bad that we didn't. Looks fantastic though. Whisky?

Whisky is Irish mate A bottle of scrumpy would fit better

Whisky is to Scotland what Guinness is to Ireland. Having been in both, I can assure you whisky is VERY Scottish .

Ah well, I should stay away from subjects I don't understand at all

[TheDR]

Have fun, looking forward to seeing some interesting pictures.

That last picture looks oddly computer generated for some reason.

[Ion Cannon!]

I meant to upload these ages ago, but forgot. So I'll do it now, enjoy

This is looking over a large part of my mapping area, towards the Cuillin Hills. The largest mountain in this photo is Blaven, or Bla Bheinn, which I did climb and you'll get some nice pictures of it further below.


Looking across to the Isle of Rum, awesome cloud formations, I could actually watch them reach down from the sky.


My dad came up for a weekend as he is also a keen hill walker. We did the 5 Sisters of Kintail ridge walk, weather wasn't the best, cloud went up and down, but spectacular scenery all the same.



This was the sight that greeted us as we came out of the clouds from the top (1067M) the clouds parted and BAM. You lose the scale of it all in the photo, but still nice nonetheless.



In one of the saddles between the 5 tops.





Near the start of the walk, heading up the initial slope - which takes you from 100M to 800M very very steeply.



Taken from inside my mapping area, looking across to the Cuillin Hills. I would often hate mapping by the end of the day, then simply look across, see this, and be happy again.



On an overcast day, the sun tries to penetrate the scottish cloud.



Oh dear, is that heading my way? I suppose it looks quite atmospheric at least.



Its a very dark shot, but I love the moody atmosphere to it.



Taken from the top of Blaven (928M), no idea what this bird was, but it was huge. The next few shots show more of the scenery around the top. I got a day of perfect walking weather.



From the top, looking south. Those whitish hills on the furthest penninsula is where I took most of my photos from above - from. It also forms the white band of hills taken in my first picture. They're actually over 300M high, but hey " they look so small from up here "




Looking north from the top.



The range of hills in this picture are known as the Red Cullin, or Red Hills. They're not nearly as rocky / scary / scrambly as the Black Cuillin, or as high.



I'm much lower down on this picture, as you can see the Red Cuillin are actually higher at this point.



Taken from even further down, yes the pictures are backwards ^.



A nice boulder filled gorge.



Looking towards the top of Blaven, from near the bottom.



And a nice waterfall I found near the path on the way up.



This is just a small waterfall I found in my mapping area.



It's a crap picture, but just look at that night sky - and this is completely unedited.



Looking to some of the Red Hills from Torrin (the place I was based)



And this picture was taken on the day I arrived, nice huh