Mark Simms Photography

Eilean Glas

Eilean Glas, on the Isle of Scalpay, was first lit in 1789 and is the oldest lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides. The one you can see below was built in 1824 and automated in 1978.

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Callanish

The standing stones at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis are perhaps the most dramatic of all the monuments in the Outer Hebrides.

The main set of standing stones depicted below date from around 2900 BC, but these are just one of a group of Neolithic sites in the landscape around Loch Roag:

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A Walk to St Clements

Below are a few images depicting the walk from Borrisdale to Rodel and the small Medieval church of St Clements on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides:

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Isle of Harris: Flora and Fauna

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Scarista Bay

A few images of Scarista Bay on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland:

Sgarasta Mhòr, Isle of Harris, Scotland, UK

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The short walk to the pre-historic Macleod’s Stone, across the beach of Tràigh Iar, offers up some beautiful views over the bay to the Isle of Taransay, just off the west coast of the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides.

As you can see our two-year old French Waterdog, Daisy (along with her favourite orange ball) also enjoyed the walk and the swim in the crystal clear blue waters. She’s also making a good effort at blending in with seaweed.

The Yorkshire Dales

Because it’s taken me nearly 10 months to post all my photographs from our trip to the Yorkshire Dales back in November 2021, I’ve brought them all together again in one gallery below. Yorkshire is blessed with some magnificent ruined abbey’s, so if you like that sort of thing then this post is definitely for you:

Fountains Abbey

We visited Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens last November and although the weather wasn’t great it was still showing off some spectacular Autumn colours.

The Abbey was founded in 1132 and it was one of the largest and most important Cistercian monastries in England for much of it’s 407 year existence. By the early 16th Century it was also one of the wealthiest and therefore a prime target for Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monastories in 1539.