Not as good as last night...
14th May 2009
Been away North for a few days so missed a blog, sorry. I had a great time in a small place called Mellon Udrigle in Wester Ross with a very good photographer friend Melanie who's a Doctor in the Lake District.
Some good weather and some a bit less than brilliant, we did a bit of driving during the few days and saw a few places I'd missed in the past, the Lighthouse just North of Ullapool, Achiltibuie which is part of Assynt, revisited Gruinard Bay which is a gorgeous place, but the star of the trip was at Mellon Udrigle, a tiny community where the best view of the Scottish mountains is just across the water.
We were living in a chalet just yards from the water, I could sit up in bed and see what the weather was doing before my eyes were open properly. Second evening the sun decided to play for a sunset which was pretty good and we had something in the bag, planned for the next day was a run to Assynt and the lighthouse.
Blustery weather and some sunshine according to the weather man, so off we went. Got some good stuff at the Light at Rhue, reflections and good light, so onwards to Assynt, the sun was a bit high for decent landscapes so we pottered about, had a look at Ardvreck Castle and Loch Assynt and then decided to head back in time for the sunset at MU.
We stopped off for a look at Gruinard Bay on the way and more good stuff. The sunset was pretty good gorgeous wee red clouds sitting under a dark sky, dinner at 10pm again and in to bed with the alarms set for 3.30am. I woke up about 20 minutes later (or so it seemed) with Melanie going Oooh Aaaah OOooh and falling about trying to get into her boots in the living room. The sun had arrived early in the Eastern sky. I jumped into my clothes and across the beach in pursuit, checking I had all my gear.
The sun was illuminating Quinag and Suilven at the top of assynt with red and gold light, we took loads of images and were praying that all would go well.The sun kind of hid behind some high dark clouds, I shouted along the beach to Melanie "it's not as good as last night!" Well somebody upstairs heard me and turned up the light and the colour big time, this is what we got. Enjoy.
The mountains l-r are Ben Mor Coigach, Beinn Ghobhlach and An Teallach.
Some good weather and some a bit less than brilliant, we did a bit of driving during the few days and saw a few places I'd missed in the past, the Lighthouse just North of Ullapool, Achiltibuie which is part of Assynt, revisited Gruinard Bay which is a gorgeous place, but the star of the trip was at Mellon Udrigle, a tiny community where the best view of the Scottish mountains is just across the water.
We were living in a chalet just yards from the water, I could sit up in bed and see what the weather was doing before my eyes were open properly. Second evening the sun decided to play for a sunset which was pretty good and we had something in the bag, planned for the next day was a run to Assynt and the lighthouse.
Blustery weather and some sunshine according to the weather man, so off we went. Got some good stuff at the Light at Rhue, reflections and good light, so onwards to Assynt, the sun was a bit high for decent landscapes so we pottered about, had a look at Ardvreck Castle and Loch Assynt and then decided to head back in time for the sunset at MU.
We stopped off for a look at Gruinard Bay on the way and more good stuff. The sunset was pretty good gorgeous wee red clouds sitting under a dark sky, dinner at 10pm again and in to bed with the alarms set for 3.30am. I woke up about 20 minutes later (or so it seemed) with Melanie going Oooh Aaaah OOooh and falling about trying to get into her boots in the living room. The sun had arrived early in the Eastern sky. I jumped into my clothes and across the beach in pursuit, checking I had all my gear.
The sun was illuminating Quinag and Suilven at the top of assynt with red and gold light, we took loads of images and were praying that all would go well.The sun kind of hid behind some high dark clouds, I shouted along the beach to Melanie "it's not as good as last night!" Well somebody upstairs heard me and turned up the light and the colour big time, this is what we got. Enjoy.
The mountains l-r are Ben Mor Coigach, Beinn Ghobhlach and An Teallach.
