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“Heather moorland is now seen as a cultural landscape. Attention is given to how human activity contributed to its expansion over the early modern period and to its decline from ca. 1800 onwards, exploring such themes as moor burning, the harvesting of young tree growth, and grazing levels and practices, both before and after the clearances.”
From the introduction to ‘Heather moorland in the Scottish Highlands: the history of a cultural landscape, 1600–1880’
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Strange weather. It’s true that the hills were invisible in the fog bank. The sun was watery and pale. A rainstorm came and went. The road was a silver river and the air was fresh and clear. I’ve used a poem from Africa for the ALT. It tells of the same feelings I had in this nearby landscape on Skye. The image was taken by me last week. It is past the end of winter but spring isn’t really here yet. I dream.
#strangeweather #isleofskyescotland #latewinter #poetryisuniversal #sometime
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Strange weather. It’s true that the hills were invisible in the fog bank. The sun was watery and pale. A rainstorm came and went. The road was a silver river and the air was fresh and clear. I’ve used a poem from Africa for the ALT. It tells of the same feelings I had in this nearby landscape on Skye. The image was taken by me last week. It is past the end of winter but spring isn’t really here yet. I dream.
#strangeweather #isleofskyescotland #latewinter #poetryisuniversal #sometime
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Strange weather. It’s true that the hills were invisible in the fog bank. The sun was watery and pale. A rainstorm came and went. The road was a silver river and the air was fresh and clear. I’ve used a poem from Africa for the ALT. It tells of the same feelings I had in this nearby landscape on Skye. The image was taken by me last week. It is past the end of winter but spring isn’t really here yet. I dream.
#strangeweather #isleofskyescotland #latewinter #poetryisuniversal #sometime
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Strange weather. It’s true that the hills were invisible in the fog bank. The sun was watery and pale. A rainstorm came and went. The road was a silver river and the air was fresh and clear. I’ve used a poem from Africa for the ALT. It tells of the same feelings I had in this nearby landscape on Skye. The image was taken by me last week. It is past the end of winter but spring isn’t really here yet. I dream.
#strangeweather #isleofskyescotland #latewinter #poetryisuniversal #sometime
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Strange weather. It’s true that the hills were invisible in the fog bank. The sun was watery and pale. A rainstorm came and went. The road was a silver river and the air was fresh and clear. I’ve used a poem from Africa for the ALT. It tells of the same feelings I had in this nearby landscape on Skye. The image was taken by me last week. It is past the end of winter but spring isn’t really here yet. I dream.
#strangeweather #isleofskyescotland #latewinter #poetryisuniversal #sometime
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Stormy weather? Well not in actual fact as it was sunny a few moments later. The speed with which the clouds shift and the sun breaks though is alarming. I took this from the passenger seat of the car.
“Gray skies are just clouds passing over.”
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I took this photograph from the moving coach on the way down to Sligachan yesterday.
Sligachan (Scottish Gaelic: Sligeachan) is a small settlement on Skye, It is close to the Cuillin mountains and provides a good viewpoint for seeing them. It is situated at the junction of the roads from Portree, Dunvegan, and Broadford. It is therefore a place that all visitors and locals must pass through on the way north or south on the island
#isleofskyescotland #Cuillins #landscape #colour #poem #fall
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This is a view taken from the roadside on my way home from Portree. I do this journey at least twice a week. It never fails to thrill me.
It’s a view looking towards the coast of Minginish from a point high above the main road between Sligachan and Dunvegan near Struan.
We do this drive of necessity as we need to collect laundry and food several times a week. Portree is the nearest supermarket. This is the shortest route...
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The phrase "four seasons in one day" refers to a day where the weather rapidly changes, mimicking the characteristics of all four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) in a single day. This typically involves experiencing a mix of warm sunshine, rain, strong winds, and perhaps even a touch of cold or even hail, all within a few hours of each other.
Which is why you always need to dress in layers and pack a good raincoat or jacket
