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Tag Archives: Staffa
Under Hebridean Skies
Ok, so it’s not that Germany lacks nature: there are broadleaved forests galore, meadows, lush river valleys and of course the wonders of the Alps, the Black Forest and the Bayerischer Wald. But somehow, in Germany, nature can sometimes seem just a … Continue reading
Posted in History & Culture, In Scotland, Wild Places
Tagged Ardnamurchan, Clearances, Guillemots, Iona, Mull, Puffins, Razorbills, Staffa, Tobermory, Treshnish Islands, Ulva
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Caribbean Colours of Scotland’s Wild West
On my wall hangs a picture by Scottish landscape painter John Lowrie Morrison, showing a brilliant white shell sand beach washed by a sea of aquamarine and turquoise. Although almost childlike in character, the picture buzzes with latent energy, the brooding peaks of … Continue reading
Posted in History & Culture, In Scotland, Wild Places
Tagged aquamarine, Basalt, Book of Kells, Bottlenose Dolphins, Cadell, Carribean, Celtic Christianity, colours, Fingal's Cave, Giant's Causway, Inner Hebrides, Iona, Lords of the Isles, Mendelsohn's "Hebrides" overture, Mull, Peploe, Scotland, Scottish Colourists, Sir Walter Scott, St Columba, Staffa, turquoise
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