Scotland

Western Europe, 2000 — 193 photographs

Aberdeen Dingwall Edinburgh Fort William Glasgow Glenfinnan Inverness Isle of Skye Kyle of Lochalsh Moray Oban On the sleeper to Glasgow Scotland Scottish Highlands Stonehaven area coast

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire fields and low hills from the train — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A telegraph pole and wheat field from a moving train — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Cloudy sky over green Aberdeenshire farmland — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A wooded valley with a farm hamlet and river — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Dusk falling over dark Aberdeenshire woodland — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Pink fireweed flowers beside a low green hill — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Sheep grazing rolling farmland below forested hills — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

The Salvation Army Citadel on Aberdeen's Castlegate — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Traffic on cobbled Union Street toward the town house — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Green pasture and woods from a train window — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A winding stream through sheep fields near the railway — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Cars and bunting along Aberdeen's granite Union Street — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

The spire of the Kirk of St Nicholas in Aberdeen — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

St Nicholas church spire against a cloudy sky — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A church spire above an Aberdeen city-centre street — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Red oil-supply vessels berthed in Aberdeen harbour — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

The old stone Maritime Museum beside its glass extension on Shiprow — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Provost Skene's House with its turrets behind a reflecting pool — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

The pinnacled granite facade of Marischal College — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Sea and low hills seen through a train window — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Sunlit farmland with a white horse, glimpsed from the train — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Rolling coastal fields meeting the sea near Stonehaven — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A glowing sunset over rolling Aberdeenshire hills — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A wooded hill at dusk with a crescent moon above — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A silhouetted headland against a golden coastal sunset — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Sun setting over the sea beyond a lattice fence — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Patchwork green hills and hedgerows from the train — Aberdeen, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Dingwall

Dingwall railway station with parked vans and a tall mast — Dingwall, Scotland (late July 2000)

Tractor tracks curving across pale arable fields — Dingwall, Scotland (late July 2000)

Edinburgh

Princes Street Gardens and the city from Edinburgh Castle — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A kilted soldier marching on the castle approach — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Crowds on the Castle Esplanade with Tattoo grandstands — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Fairbairn-Sykes knife and grenades in a museum case — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Regimental quotations on a green museum wall — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Calton Hill and the Old Town from the castle ramparts — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A row of cannons along the castle ramparts — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A scarlet officer's tunic and helmet in a regimental display — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

An illustrated recruiting poster in the Dragoon Guards Museum — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum entrance sign — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A 1590 gold medal of King James VI with display text — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Black cannons set into the castle's arched ramparts — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

St Margaret's Chapel and visitors on the castle rock — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The vaulted apse interior of St Margaret's Chapel — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The New Town rooftops and Firth of Forth from the castle — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A panelled chamber with a portrait above the fireplace — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The painted royal arms of Scotland on a castle ceiling — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

An antique armchair in a wood-panelled castle room — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The scaffolded Half-Moon Battery behind a stone marker — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The grand facade of the Scottish National War Memorial — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Visitors crossing the square before the War Memorial — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Visitors in the Great Hall beneath the James VI arms — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A carved ceremonial chair against oak panelling — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

An empty car park glowing in low evening sun — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Empty Military Tattoo grandstands on the Castle Esplanade — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The sunlit stone wall of the Scottish National War Memorial — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Richard seated on the lawn before the Scottish National War Memorial — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Wide green playing fields with distant flats at Ravelston — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The modern Mary Erskine School across its playing fields — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A historic mansion overlooking the school sports grounds — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

School noticeboards behind a chain-link fence at dusk — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A smiling bald man holding a pear in a tiled kitchen — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Edinburgh's Old Town skyline above busy tour buses — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Flagpoles and Edinburgh Castle rising above the gardens — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Edinburgh Castle on its crag above traffic and trees — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The columned Mercat Cross in the Old Town — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A street and lamppost with Arthur's Seat beyond — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The Gothic spire of the Scott Monument — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The columned Royal Scottish Academy with exhibition banners — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The turreted Old Town skyline at dusk — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Edinburgh Castle above its grassy slope and tattoo stands — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A dusted dessert and quenelle of cream on a white plate — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Pedestrians passing shopfronts along the Royal Mile — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The turreted forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Flowerbeds and trees in a quiet walled garden at night — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The crow-stepped facade of John Knox House on the Royal Mile — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The Heart of Midlothian mosaic set in the cobblestones — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

An open copy of John Knox's History of the Reformation — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A wooded river gorge seen from above — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A distant spired building beyond suburban rooftops — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The grassy slopes and crags below Arthur's Seat — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A worker crossing the empty Military Tattoo grandstand — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A woman seated below framed texts in John Knox House — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A framed Private Letters and Public Tracts display panel — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

An old open pamphlet by John Knox in a wooden case — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A Gothic stained glass window glowing in St Giles' Cathedral — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A visitor gazing up at St Giles' Cathedral stained-glass window — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Visitors crossing the nave inside St Giles' Cathedral — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The crown spire of St Giles' Cathedral against grey sky — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

An old bell mounted by the John Knox House — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The 1559 John Knox commemorative marker stone — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

The I-K 1572 inset marker near John Knox House — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Vaulted ceiling and royal arms inside St Giles' Cathedral — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A red car parked on the Royal Mile — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Ornate fan-vaulted ceiling of the Thistle Chapel — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Carved canopied stalls inside the Thistle Chapel — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Stained-glass windows above carved choir stalls at St Giles' — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

A pineapple pizza on a checked tablecloth — Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2000)

Fort William

The Caledonian Canal towpath leading toward golden hills — Fort William, Scotland (August 2000)

The dark bulk of Ben Nevis under heavy cloud — Fort William, Scotland (August 2000)

A brooding hill with reflections on the train glass — Fort William, Scotland (August 2000)

A wide gravel-banked river curving below cloudy hills — Fort William, Scotland (August 2000)

Glasgow

The Walter Scott column in George Square, Glasgow — Glasgow, Scotland (20-25 July 2000)

The weathered inscription on the John Knox Monument plinth — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

The soaring nave and stained glass of Glasgow Cathedral — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

Stained-glass windows and stone arcades inside Glasgow Cathedral — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

The column and statue of the John Knox Monument in the Necropolis — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

The inscribed base of a martyrs' memorial in the Necropolis — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

A stone tower house and tenements on Cathedral Square — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

The cobbled cathedral precinct with a statue and the spire beyond — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

The spire and tower of Glasgow Cathedral against billowing clouds — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

The quilted altar and cross at the Chapel and Tomb of St Mungo — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

The red-stone facade of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

A bowl of cream soup with bread on a set restaurant table — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

A plate of peppered steak with curly fries and salad — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

A chocolate brownie with ice cream and a strawberry — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

Glasgow University's tower seen across Kelvingrove Park — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

The seated statue of Lord Kelvin in Kelvingrove Park — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

Crammed shelves of a cluttered second-hand bookshop — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

A curry with pink-tinted rice on a restaurant table — Glasgow, Scotland (late July 2000)

Glenfinnan

The Glenfinnan Monument tower beside Loch Shiel — Glenfinnan, Scotland (late July 2000)

The Glenfinnan Viaduct curving across a green hillside — Glenfinnan, Scotland (late July 2000)

The arches of the Glenfinnan Viaduct through trackside trees — Glenfinnan, Scotland (late July 2000)

Looking back along the Glenfinnan Viaduct from the train — Glenfinnan, Scotland (late July 2000)

The Glenfinnan Viaduct seen from a moving train window — Glenfinnan, Scotland (August 2000)

The Glenfinnan Viaduct stretching across a green slope — Glenfinnan, Scotland (August 2000)

Inverness

Highland scenery through a train window with passengers — Inverness, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Isle of Skye

The causeway railing and grey sea on the Skye Bridge approach — Isle of Skye, Scotland (late July 2000)

Kyle of Lochalsh

A tiny pine-topped island on a calm sea loch — Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland (late July 2000)

A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry berthed at Kyle of Lochalsh pier — Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland (late July 2000)

The arching Skye Bridge seen across the water — Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland (late July 2000)

A misty sea loch with a small town along the shore — Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland (late July 2000)

Moray

The platform sign and shelter at Keith railway station — Moray, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A man walking the platform at Keith station — Moray, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Oban

A wooded island in a loch on the way to Oban — Oban, Scotland (late July 2000)

Forested hillsides flanking a calm Highland loch — Oban, Scotland (late July 2000)

Rolling green hills and a glen on the route to Oban — Oban, Scotland (late July 2000)

A tray meal of roast beef and mashed potato at McTavish's Kitchens — Oban, Scotland (late July 2000)

Oban town and bay viewed from a hilltop — Oban, Scotland (late July 2000)

Parked cars and strollers along the Oban waterfront — Oban, Scotland (late July 2000)

The Oban seafront with McCaig's Tower on the hill above — Oban, Scotland (late July 2000)

On the sleeper to Glasgow

A hilltop ruin glimpsed from a moving train window — On the sleeper to Glasgow, Scotland (20-25 July 2000)

The interior of an overnight sleeper train cabin — On the sleeper to Glasgow, Scotland (20-25 July 2000)

A made bunk and lamp-lit desk in a sleeper train cabin — On the sleeper to Glasgow, Scotland (20-25 July 2000)

Scotland

A pink-streaked sunset sky over dark hills — Scotland, Scotland (August 2000)

Scottish Highlands

A misty firth and low hills beyond reedy shore grass — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A mist-capped headland above a firth at low tide — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Rolling patchwork farmland under a soft grey sky — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Green saltmarsh creeks beside a calm firth — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Hazy hills mirrored in a still misty loch — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Purple heather moor before a dark conifer plantation — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A bare green hill rising above a Highland loch — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Wooded slopes reflected in a quiet Highland loch — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A rounded peak mirrored in the glassy loch surface — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Forested hills above rough moorland and a fence line — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Storm clouds over a broad sea loch and distant hills — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A cloud-draped ridge above a mirror-calm sea loch — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Open moorland stretching to a long Highland ridge — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A wooded valley opening onto a distant sea loch — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Berry-laden trees blurring past a loch from the train — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Cattle grazing green fields below bare rounded hills — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A caravan parked beside a quiet coastal inlet — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A lush green glen folded between steep hillsides — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A craggy rock-strewn hillside above grassy moorland — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Skerries scattered across a dark sea loch at low tide — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A mist-shrouded green hillside dotted with rocky outcrops — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Mountains rising beyond a bright green Highland meadow — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A sweep of green fields below craggy mountain peaks — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

Power lines crossing a cloud-darkened Highland hillside — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A pointed peak beyond young conifers and moorland — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A rocky river gorge below forested Highland hills — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A deep river gorge seen from the speeding train — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A smooth green mountain rising beyond a Highland glen — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A winding river crossing open Highland moorland — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A pale beach edging a loch below green hills — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A slender iron viaduct crossing a green glen — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A stream winding through a deep green mountain glen — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A viaduct and track snaking through a broad green glen — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (August 2000)

A wooded Highland hill above green pasture — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A misty glen with a loch in the Highlands — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Cloud drifting over a bare green Highland hill — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

A stony Highland stream below grassy slopes — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

Two passengers dozing by a train window over moorland — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)

The ruin of Kilchurn Castle beside Loch Awe — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A bracken-covered Highland hillside under a pale sky — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A wooded hill and farmland seen from the train window — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A castle ruin in farmland glimpsed from the train — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A green glen between Highland hills from the train — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A Highland railway platform with hills beyond — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A wooded shore and island on Loch Lomond — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

A Highland loch and hills seen through the train window — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

The train window framing a green hillside and railway — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Forested ridges above the still water of Loch Lomond — Scottish Highlands, Scotland (late July 2000)

Stonehaven area coast

Green parkland and distant coast past train window signs — Stonehaven area coast, Scotland (late July - early August 2000)