Ballachulish

A sea of Heather and Rose Bay Willow Herb

The top of the Quarry to the Ballachulish Bridge

The Laroch above Ballachulish

Rose bay willow herb and glorious highland light.

Monbretia grows across most of Scotland, particularly by lochs and lanes. Outside our house it covers most of the laybys.

This once rare native species now covers disturbed ground, adding colour to gravel banks and earthworks like here next to the Isled of Glencoe hotel

Opposite Ballachulish, on the shores of Loch Leven, are a set of boat sheds which used to be the workshops for the men who split and sized slate from the quarry.

A view from the top of the Ballachulish quarry

Ferns and rose from Ballachulish quarry

Ferns in the Quarry

Here’s an older one from March of the old croft on the Brecklet trail

We’re in Guernsey at the moment so for the next week my posts will be photos from the last couple of weeks. Here’s one of the wildflowers in the Ballachulish quarry

Summer can be a wet affair in the Highlands…

The archery range at the back of the village has to be one of most picturesque in the UK!

Around the back of our house is a archery range which sites on the site of an old quarry, one which was used by the villagers when the main quarry shut down. The quarry is now overgrown and hidden behind a target at the range. Well worth a visit!

Opposite our home in Ballachulish there are a few lay bys and in another rainy, overcast day, a more abstract view of the landscape was called for. This Beech tree frames the view with dabs of colour and texture from wildflowers and grasses.

A view back across to Ardgour from near the Ballachulish bridge captured in a rainy mood. It does seem that, despite it being a very wet summer, the clouds typically have a lot of variety in texture and as long as it’s not raining there are still photographs to be had.

Meadow flowers in Ballachulish quarry.