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Walking in the fog

A week of fog in Wick

Posted: April 27th, 2014 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

Fog, it ruins sunny days here in the far north of Scotland, but for the past week it has been constant. Six and a half days of almost completely uninterrupted fog! I’ve enjoyed it mostly… mostly because it has provided me with some great photo opportunities! Bring on …
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Keiss Harbour

Caithness Harbours & Piers

Posted: March 20th, 2014 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

If there’s one thing Caithness isn’t short of, it’s harbours. The first herring boom occurred in Caithness around 1790, but the peak of Herring fishing in Caithness happened in 1907 when 250,000 tons of Herring were landed, cured and exported all over Europe and Russia. This fishing legacy has left Caithness with an abundance of …
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At the end of the pier watching the aurora.

Aurora borealis over Wick

Posted: March 1st, 2014 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

On the evening of the 27th of February I (and most of Caithness) saw some of the most fantastic displays of the aurora borealis ever! Unfortunately I was engrossed in episodes of Lilyhammer (check it out, it’s fantastic!) and only found out about it at around 10 p.m when …
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