Bridge at Chatelherault (backblip)

Out in the woods with the dogs

Gratuitous Cat (backblip)

The first of many Gratuitous Cat shots. Ted makes a great subject for camera practice.

Experimenting (backblip)

Getting to grips with the Canon on an unwilling but captive victim

A loch somewhere… (backblip)

A day out with the dogs in the SW somewhere – very likely Loch Riecawr in the Carrick Forest. The more that I think about it, the surer I am.

End of another day (backblip)

The sun sets on Wanlockhead. Notable for: the DSLR arrived! My first shot with the Canon Rebel, and a great deal of the learning curve to face me.

The Minotaur (backblip)

Day trip to Kielder, to play in the maze

Wild goat (backblip)

Out planting another treasure, this time in the Galloway Forest. We stopped to admire the wild pygmy goats. The hunt was solved and the treasure was unearthed, by a hunter who came up from the deep south to get it.

It’s been snowing since last October (backblip)

A snowy-looking village and a grouse appears to have taken up residence in the garden.

Ben Wilson RIP (backblip)

We found this memorial to Ben Wilson of Holmshaw, killed by lightning in 1897, when we were out planting our treasure. Notable only because (a) I have an Uncle by that name and (b) I have a theory that my family may have originated in this general area. We might be related but I shall …

Something to plant (backblip)

About to plant a treasure of our own. The hunt was solved but as far as I know (at June 2014) the treasure remains buried