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Wednesday, 12 October 2011

A Wet Day in the Forest

It's Wednesday the 12th of October 2011 and another miserable wet day.
It's not going to stop me from heading out into the forest though.
I've parked up at the Red Deer Carpark on the Queensway and I'm heading up the forest road opposite.
I've an idea for a climb up Craignelder with the Ramblers next summer.
However today I'll stick to forest tracks because of the miserable weather.

This reflection caught my eye.

There's been a lot of forestry operations up this way so there's lots of timber about.

I'm soon gaining height as I look back at my car.

I'll take a couple of Macro shots as well

Plenty of young trees growing.

There's mini waterfalls every so often.Is that pure Galloway Granite under that waterfall.

Many of the following pictures are of running water.I like the way each one seems completely different to it's predecessor.

Different blends of foam also.

Around this point I stopped to talk to the JCB driver busy keeping the forest road in good shape.I now know how these gullies have been shaped.

Because most of the forest is on hills and we get lots of rain,It's easy to see regular maintenance is essential.

This is the main water course up here.It's the Palfern burn.

Another of the many tributaries of the Palfern.Love the bubbles.

This was the type of view of most of my walk.

A bad attempt of a macro raindrops shot.I'll get it right sometime,I've done it before.

There's still colour in the heather.

All along the roadside were these spiders webs.Now that's better with the water drops !

More bubbles.
The forest track runs out at Craigeazle but there's a lot of quad bike tracks up here.
I'm led to believe that the Forestry Commission are now selling shooting rights for sections of forest,and quad bikes are being used for that purpose up here.On my way home later I noticed two quad bikes making their way up the Queensway.

A lush swampy spot in the shelter of some trees.

The Palfern making it's way downhill.

All throughout my walk I could here a stag calling from the Red Deer Range.
Once back at the car park I decided to take a look.

This lonely young fella was near the viewing hut.

I couldn't help him any.

Most of the others were way up the hill although I could here another stag somewhere around the enclosures.

I got some video footage.

A wet but quite enjoyable walk today.

Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Rocks of Garheugh-Luce Bay

Wednesday the 20th of July.
Today I went out with the purpose of looking around the Three Lochs area towards Glenluce.
After 5 minutes out of the car and being nearly eaten alive I abandoned that idea and headed down the Port William Road.
Much of the road stays close to the shore beyond Auchenmalg,but there's one point where the road rises above a rocky area.This is known as the Rocks of Garheugh and I've been meaning to walk around here for some time.

Once out of the car I'm not bothered by flies or midgies,but what's just landed on my car ?

An idiot in a fast car blew his horn as I was down taking this picture. *$X""$*& is what I think

There's a fair few wild flowers around and I've been able to put names to a few of them.
It's quite stony and overgrown in places so I was taking my time.

Thrift

Cormorant or Shag

I don't know if they've been nesting round here but quite a few flew by during my visit.

Meadow or Bloody Cranesbill ?

Here's one of a few souvenir stones I collected.

Rock pools everywhere.

My 10 second delay is no longer playing up.

The tides have created some wonderful flowing shapes.

Sea Arrow Grass

Sea Sandwort

There's a few flowers and grasses I can't identify.Update 22nd July...Meadowsweet.
I'll update my posts if and when someone tells me.

Another question-mark.
Update 22nd July.My knowledgeable friend tells me this is Valerian

There's quite a number of caves around these rocks.

I didn't explore them all,but there's was no treasure in the ones I looked in.

I don't think many people venture round here,there's no recognised path.

Very colourful.Update 22nd July...Ladies Bedstraw and Wild Thyme.

Sea Mammal Skeleton ?

To me this looked initially like a broch,but I wonder.Has it been built to stop the big rock from tumbling and bringing the road above it down ?Inside does look like a shelter though.

Meadow or Bloody Cranesbill ?

Well built wall.
After a bite to eat I went down to the shore.

The tide was coming in.

It was only after I'd uploaded this picture I noticed my reflection twice.

The incoming tide pushing under the rocks was pushing air up through small holes into the rock pools making intricate bubble patterns of different sizes.
Below is video clip of some of them.

A really interesting place.

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Spectacle and Wee Glenamour Lochs

Updated Wednesday the 16th December

Monday the 14th of December.
I took a look at Spectacle Loch today.
What interested me more than anything else was the patterns created by the trapped bubbles in the ice.
So I took pictures.
See what you think ?