Scotland Panoramic

 

Five panoramic photos from our Scotland tour.

 

#1 is Langdale valley in England on the way up.  Riding through the lakes on a motorcycle on a sunny day is fantastic, we were tempted to just stay .. and if the midges were too annoying in Scotland, three weeks in the Lake district was a very satisfactory plan B!  With a bit of a mechanical glitch on the way through, it almost happened too..

 

 

#2 is a sunset at Loch Morlich in the Cairngorms.  Sunlight setting the mountains alight over a perfectly still lake on yet another glorious day.  Midges turned out to be ok and not too much of a bother .. and were soon forgotten with a couple of beers in the near by ski chalet style bar anyway.

 

#3 is the Harry Potter train viaduct at Glenfinnan, complete with steam train.  As you can see, the weather in Scotland really is terrible in September!  We sunbathed for a bit and had a picnic while we waited for the train.  Not a bad spot!

 

#4 the mainland from the Isle of Skye.  Another sunset taken with my 100-400mm from across the channel between Skye and Scotland main.  We crossed on the last ferry with a fellow motorcyclist from South Africa and were running late, the advantage of which is that we were still riding when the Sun set catching the far mountains.  The distance haze adding a surreal tone to the image that I like.

#5 is a double rainbow on Skye.  We had our only half day of rain on Skye that day, which made for a great excuse to spend a half day at the Talisker distillery!  Happy days.