Pouncing Fox near Ruisaurie Burn

The fox was trying to catch a mouse in a field on the west side of Ruisaurie Burn just above its junction with Red Burn. The burns flow down the steep brae in deep tree-filled ravines before joining and continuing along the edge of Teachnuick Wood. Part of Beauly can be seen through the trees.

Taken 14th February 2010 © Copyright Les Shaw and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Train receding from Croyard Road bridge, Beauly

The train has just left Beauly station heading northeast to Muir of Ord. It has turned through almost 180 degrees around Beauly after traversing the south side of the Beauly Firth on its route from Inverness.

Taken 31st July 2009 © Copyright Les Shaw and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

The Square, Beauly, in autumn

This is the centre of Beauly and most of the shops are in or near The Square. The main road through The Square leads to Muir of Ord. The ruins of the Valliscaulian priory are behind the tall trees on the right.

Taken 15th October 2009 © Copyright Les Shaw and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Snowy path through Cawdor Wood

Snowy path through Cawdor Wood.

Taken 20th December 2009 © Copyright Steven Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Cawdor Castle

Cawdor Castle is a late 14th century stone rectangular tower house, founded by the Thanes of Calder.

Taken 17th July 2007 © Copyright Steve Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Flooded MacDonald Park

This is MacDonald Park in southern Inverness. As you can see, it's prone to flooding after heavy rain.

Taken 18th February 2008 © Copyright Alasdair MacNeill and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Pass south of Meall Mor, Monadhliath

Pass south of Meall Mor, Monadhliath.

Looking across the pass between Meall Mor and Carn na h-Easgain. This takes the old military road to Fort George, the A9 taking a different route to the south until the 1980s. Now the new dual carriageway A9 runs along the old route down below in the forest. Crags and boulder fields suggest a glacial melt water role for the pass.

Taken May 2001 © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Wade Road

General Wade's military road has been 'improved' here to allow heavy vehicles access to the new wind farm at Farr.

Taken 15th September 2007 © Copyright Mark Thomas and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Moy Hall Track

Moy Hall track on a wet day.

This road leads from Moy Hall to the B9154 and is a good way to get to the hills west of the Moy Burn.

Taken 10th August 2008 © Copyright Andy Spenceley and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Dalriach House and Steading Ruin

90 years ago this strath was heavily populated, although there would have been no young men. They would all have been in the forces. These were they people I was remembering that day.

Taken 11th November 2008 © Copyright Sarah McGuire and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Tomnahurich Cemetery

Tomnahurich Cemetery Inverness Scotland, originally uploaded by conner395.

Tom-na-hurich ("hill of the yew trees" or "hill of the fairies") is a hill shaped like an upturned boat.

It lies on an otherwise flat plain on the outskirts of Inverness - now well within the City Limits but a century or more ago it lay out in the countryside and became the graveyard for Inverness.

Now all but full, it is a beautiful setting, with graves all the way up to the summit of the hill.

As its trees are mainly deciduous, and we have had so much snow recently, the hill looks like a wig of grey hair.

This view taken from the Bruce Gardens end.

Kessock Bridge

Kessock Bridge, originally uploaded by Ally.Kemp.

Looking towards the Kessock bridge & Inverness from Kilmuir on the Black Isle.

Ruined Croft

Dalriach Moy 1, originally uploaded by Duncan Brown (formerly Cradlehall2008).

The remains of a croft at Dalriach, Moy Moss, a few miles south of Inverness.
These wall could tell a tale or two, I'll bet.

Train to Kyle of Lochalsh 1993

Inverness - 26007 + 26001 - 28-07-1993, originally uploaded by agcthoms.

26007 + 26001 depart with the 12.35 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh train. The 4 Mk. 2 coaches would not tax the locos very much.
ScotRail had these two class 26s refurbished and repainted into their mid 1960s green livery for working on the Kyle line that summer. Sadly this was the only summer that they did this. The service is currently worked by class 158 sprinters - not quite the same.

Taken 28th July 1993.

Eastgate Continental Street Market

Eastgate Continental Street Market, originally uploaded by Duncan Brown (formerly Cradlehall2008).

Here's a wet Saturday morning in Eastgate, Inverness, with the continental street market in full swing despite the weather.

I'll tell you what, the rain has put a beautiful sheen on the cobblestones (it disguises the chewing gum too!).

Invergordon

Invergordon, originally uploaded by IrenicRhonda.

Oil Rigs in for refurbishment

Northern Constabulary

Northern Constabulary, originally uploaded by conner395.

Range Rover outside Force Headquarters, Inverness, back in May 2009 during a heatwave.

Cromarty harbour from Marine Terrace

Cromarty harbour from Marine Terrace, originally uploaded by IrenicRhonda.

The original Harbour was built in 1784. A significant addition in 1914 was the Admiralty Pier, This is currently unsafe and is not used for mooring vessels.

Bench on Great Glen Way

Bench on Great Glen Way path above Inverness (just before Dunain Hill), originally uploaded by HighlandSC.

Bench on Great Glen Way path just before Dunain Hill

Ice Bound Boat

Ice bound boat on the Caledonian Canal at Muirtown Basin, originally uploaded by Kenneth Mands.

Ice bound boat on the Caledonian Canal at Muirtown Basin.

Electricity Pylons

Electricity Pylons, originally uploaded by Duncan Brown (formerly Cradlehall2008).

Electricity pylons stand tall amongst the snow-covered pine trees of Daviot Wood, just south of Inverness.

Peat Extraction Tractor

Peat Extraction Tractor, originally uploaded by Duncan Brown (formerly Cradlehall2008).

The registration plate reads NAS367R. It may not be roadworthy anymore, but it still does a job at the peat works. Photo taken at Moy Moss peat extraction works, a few miles south of Inverness.

Moy

Moy, Inverness-shire, originally uploaded by Duncan Brown (formerly Cradlehall2008).

This is looking over the district of Moy, a few miles south of Inverness. Well hidden amongst the trees is Moy Hall, the ancestral of home of Clan Macintosh.

Skywatch Friday: North Kessock Sunset

North Kessock Sunset, originally uploaded by Ally.Kemp.

Picture of sun setting over the Beauly firth and the frozen foreshore at North Kessock.This was taken with Mobile phone on 10/01/10

This is a contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Single Pine Tree

Single Pine tree, originally uploaded by northerntourer.

In a farmer's field on outskirts of Daviot Wood.

Aigas Rocks

Rocks in the River Beauly near Aigas Power Station.

Taken September 1980 © Copyright Gerald England and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Icefall

By the A831 near Aigas Power Station.

Taken 15th January 2010 © Copyright Sylvia Duckworth and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Wooden Bench

The Bench, originally uploaded by pauldiver.

One of the carved benches at Ness Islands.

The CDPB theme for today is Wood. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants