Glencoe, Scotland. West Highland scenery does not come much more dramatic than Glencoe. If you've been unfortunate enough to only experience it in bright sunshine, you've definitly missed out!
Blea Tarn, Cumbria (1). Blea Tarn is one of the most accessible Lakeland tarns, with access from a reasonably well kept road mere metres away, and a pay and display car park metres from that. Surrounded as it is by fells and forest, it still seems to retain an air of the remote however, and signs of roads and houses are largely hidden from view.
Blea Tarn, Cumbria (2). Blea Tarn is one of the most accessible Lakeland tarns, with access from a reasonably well kept road mere metres away, and a pay and display car park metres from that. Surrounded as it is by fells and forest, it still seems to retain an air of the remote however, and signs of roads and houses are largely hidden from view.
Sgurr Nan Gillean, Isle of Skye (1). “It seems as if Nature when she hurled the Cuillins up into the light of the sun said: ‘I will make mountains which shall be the essence of all that can be terrible in mountains. I will pack into them all the fearful shapes.'” – HV Morton
Sgurr Nan Gillean, Isle of Skye (2). “It seems as if Nature when she hurled the Cuillins up into the light of the sun said: ‘I will make mountains which shall be the essence of all that can be terrible in mountains. I will pack into them all the fearful shapes.'” – HV Morton
Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria (1). Castlerigg Stone Circle has stood on top of Castlerigg fell since approximately 3200BC, and it's exact purpose remains unknown. Surrounded on all sides by the Cumbrian fells, Castlerigg is one of the most impressive stone circles in the UK.
Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria (2). Castlerigg Stone Circle has stood on top of Castlerigg fell since approximately 3200BC, and it's exact purpose remains unknown. Surrounded on all sides by the Cumbrian fells, Castlerigg is one of the most impressive stone circles in the UK.