Just some pics
Posted: Thursday, 20 December 2007 |
Tuesday and wednesday this week, the weather was quite nice - cold, crisp, frosty and quite sunny. Makes a change. Great thing about this time of year is that the low angle of the light makes for some nice pictures. Also makes it a complete pig when you are driving right into it!
Anyway, it was off to the "sacred isle" for a days work, staying overnight in the Abbey. At this time of year, Iona can be pretty wild, but over the past few days it was beautiful - still, quite, cold, just serene.
It would be quite easy to get all "spiritual" and "left side of the brain" -ish about such a setting, but my reason for being there, was as ever, much more prosaic - fixing PCs, broadband and keeping users happy!
And I didnt even manage to get a look at the rocks! Too tired, too busy and too much work in Tobermory!
Anyway, I did manage a few pics, and the drive up the road was very nice. Here's a few shots:
The waves sweep into Iona:
Shafts of light:
Burg from the road to Pennyghael:
Ben More and a' Chioch
And Corra Bheinn and Cruachan Dearg:
And all the way back to Tob it was more of the same - just a really nice winters day. I am off to St Andrews tomorrow and back on Mull on Saturday. If I get any decent pics then, well hey, I'll bore you rigid with them, if not, then as the hippies would say "Have cool Yule" . I'll settle for "Nollaig Chridheil" Died in the wool pagans may say something about "Sol Invicta" Whatever. Even Richard Dawkins has admitted to liking Christmas carols - which proves , if nothing else, that there is always hope!
Enjoy it!
I'll see you soon
MM (JW)
Oh aye, before I forget, geology classes start again inthe New Year - there is still some work to finish off as well as 2 field trips. And a new course starting in Bunessan. More soon!
Anyway, it was off to the "sacred isle" for a days work, staying overnight in the Abbey. At this time of year, Iona can be pretty wild, but over the past few days it was beautiful - still, quite, cold, just serene.
It would be quite easy to get all "spiritual" and "left side of the brain" -ish about such a setting, but my reason for being there, was as ever, much more prosaic - fixing PCs, broadband and keeping users happy!
And I didnt even manage to get a look at the rocks! Too tired, too busy and too much work in Tobermory!
Anyway, I did manage a few pics, and the drive up the road was very nice. Here's a few shots:
The waves sweep into Iona:
Shafts of light:
Burg from the road to Pennyghael:
Ben More and a' Chioch
And Corra Bheinn and Cruachan Dearg:
And all the way back to Tob it was more of the same - just a really nice winters day. I am off to St Andrews tomorrow and back on Mull on Saturday. If I get any decent pics then, well hey, I'll bore you rigid with them, if not, then as the hippies would say "Have cool Yule" . I'll settle for "Nollaig Chridheil" Died in the wool pagans may say something about "Sol Invicta" Whatever. Even Richard Dawkins has admitted to liking Christmas carols - which proves , if nothing else, that there is always hope!
Enjoy it!
I'll see you soon
MM (JW)
Oh aye, before I forget, geology classes start again inthe New Year - there is still some work to finish off as well as 2 field trips. And a new course starting in Bunessan. More soon!
Comments
Great pics MM despite the absence of rock photos! Mull is lovely. Best wishes to you and your family. BTW, when you say you stayed overnight "in the Abbey" do you mean that literally?
Jill from EK
I like Christmas Carols.
Flying Cat from atheistically yours
Have a good holiday season. Do stay away from the path of collapsing hoodoos, Mountainman.
mjc from NM,USA
thanks for all the photos of Mull, especially the Ross, happy holidays,
island threads from lewis
MM, thanks again for stunning pictures. The horizontal terraces in the BUrgh picture, they are too high up and too many to be raised beaches, query? So what is their origin - sedimentary or repeated lava outfolws?? Have good time in St. Andrews. I grew up there, last house facing the 18th tee: the windows were bullet-proof glass and a good thing too. You can test that by throwing a golf-ball at one but watch the rebound! The glazier didn't and got knocked stiff for a couple of minutes by my wicked uncle when the stuff was first put in. Seasons Greetings to all and sundry.
Barney from Swithiod in the Christmas spirit
Jill, Hi! Yes, in the Abbey itself. They have guest accomodation for people staying during their program of Summer events. The Abbey and other buildings are well worth a visit - pick a nice sunny day!
MM from Tobermory
Thanks for the pics! We were on Mull for three days back in August, but didn't have time to make it to Tobermory. We enjoyed the UK so much, I am trying to transfer there. Merry Christmas!
Marco59 from the west Texas desert
Visit Mull a few times each year (not enough!0 and love ro see the pics of places I know so well. Please keep posting them.
buffy from south wales
looks fantastic never been just booked up for 2 weeks on july aug cant wait
macreid from glasgow
Exploring the hills and coasts of Mull and Iona and occasionally elsewhere, with a close eye on the geology
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