The Lairig Ghru

The River Dee plunges from 4,000 ft before heading east towards its eponymous meeting-place with the North Sea

Cairn Toul and Sgor an Lochain Uaine with the Devil's - erm, 'point' ma'am - poking out from behind

Corrour Bothy

Corrour Bothy dwarfed by the grandeur of the Lairig and Bod an Deamhain

Top of the Lairig Ghru. At nearly 3,000 ft, it doesn't feel like an 'almost Munro' with Ben Macdui and Braeriach glowering down on either side!

Hare - Cairngorm Mountain Railway. Broad gauge at only 2m, so not quite Brunelian!

Stanier Class 5 5025 running round at Aviemore

Knoydart and Loch Quoich

Gairich in the evening sun

Knoydart and Loch Quoich in the morning sun

Gleouraich and Spidean Mialach

The Knoydart hills from Spidean Mialach

Kinlochhourn

Well on the way to Barrisdale

Ladhar Bheinn

Barrisdale Bay

Loch Hourn

Loch Quoich

The van

Glen Roy and its 'Mysterious' parallel lines - a detour on the way home

Scalloway

Minn Beach

West and East Burra

Clift Sound

Foula from Culswick

Culswick Broch

Our Accommodation

Approach to Fair Isle past North Lighthouse

Robinson Crusoe struggles for survival

The Bressay Ferry

Isle of Noss - no boats until May

West Sandwick Beach

Bluemull Sound Ferry - to Unst

Muckle Flugga and Out Stack. The End!

The Vikings have Landed

The Drongs from Braewick

Dore Holm (pronounced 'Dorem')

Caldersgeo, Esha Ness

Da Grind o da Navir, Esha Ness (Ronas Hill in Background)

Fulmar

Esha Ness (Little and Muckle Oss out at Sea)

St Ninian's Isle and the Tombolo

Puffin and Huffin

Another Puffin

You can't have too many Puffins