I just discoverd this link for photographs all over the british isles http://www.geograph.org.uk/
this section contains a lot of photographs round my area http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile.php?u=2067
Friday, June 30, 2006
Thursday, June 29, 2006
upland peat bog
for Patsy
photograph taken on Sunday, the hills in the backgound are the Fintry Hills which are the next range of hills behind the Campsie Fells. Local 'history' has a story of a digger being completly lost in some peat bog on the Campsie Fells, this would make it at least 20ft deep as apparently the digger was never recovered.
Upland peat bog;; information taken from Forrestry Commision report
Scotland has over 70% of all bog peat in Great Britain. These are natural archives, storing information in layers of peat about the plant and animal life of the past 3-7,000 years. They also support a variety of plants and animals which have adapted to this environment - like sphagnum moss, which grows in nitrogen poor soils and is mainly responsible for the continued bog growth, and the common sundew, a carnivorous plant that catches insects to provide it with the nutrients lacking in the bog. The high water content of bogs makes them an ideal environment for wading birds, and for many birds of prey. There are concerns about the future of Scotland's blanket bog. Some has been lost to conifer woodland or drained to provide rough pasture. Parts are eroding and losing surface vegetation, probably through a combination of grazing, burning and weather. The remainder is also vulnerable to chemical changes, becoming more acid through pollution from the air. Scotland has one of the richest concentrations of blanket bog in Europe, and the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland is probably the largest single expanse of blanket bog in the world. How can we best protect this distinctive habitat?
Mountain Vegetation
Scotland's mountains are relatively unspoilt, and support many rare and unusual plants and upland birds. Like the bogs, the uplands are threatened by chemical pollution from the air which damages vulnerable plants like the mosses. Grazing sheep and deer are cropping vegetation to the roots, damaging the plants and the birds, like the dotterel, that nest among them. Hillwalkers may also be contributing to the erosion of mountain soils, and the processes of erosion are little understood.
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/lowland_raised_bog.html
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/oldsite.nsf/byunique/uplandbog?Open&PrintFriendly=y

Upland peat bog;; information taken from Forrestry Commision report
Scotland has over 70% of all bog peat in Great Britain. These are natural archives, storing information in layers of peat about the plant and animal life of the past 3-7,000 years. They also support a variety of plants and animals which have adapted to this environment - like sphagnum moss, which grows in nitrogen poor soils and is mainly responsible for the continued bog growth, and the common sundew, a carnivorous plant that catches insects to provide it with the nutrients lacking in the bog. The high water content of bogs makes them an ideal environment for wading birds, and for many birds of prey. There are concerns about the future of Scotland's blanket bog. Some has been lost to conifer woodland or drained to provide rough pasture. Parts are eroding and losing surface vegetation, probably through a combination of grazing, burning and weather. The remainder is also vulnerable to chemical changes, becoming more acid through pollution from the air. Scotland has one of the richest concentrations of blanket bog in Europe, and the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland is probably the largest single expanse of blanket bog in the world. How can we best protect this distinctive habitat?
Mountain Vegetation
Scotland's mountains are relatively unspoilt, and support many rare and unusual plants and upland birds. Like the bogs, the uplands are threatened by chemical pollution from the air which damages vulnerable plants like the mosses. Grazing sheep and deer are cropping vegetation to the roots, damaging the plants and the birds, like the dotterel, that nest among them. Hillwalkers may also be contributing to the erosion of mountain soils, and the processes of erosion are little understood.
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/lowland_raised_bog.html
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/oldsite.nsf/byunique/uplandbog?Open&PrintFriendly=y
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Monday evening.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
the other side

Monday, June 26, 2006
Sunday afternoon







Saturday, June 24, 2006
baby update
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Fiona Update Today
waters broken at 9.30am. epidural at 4pm. 7 cm at 4.30pm and quite jolly as no longer feeling any pain.
three point turn
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
how cool is this
follow this link to ArtsyMama, she has been making a 'Book of Dreams' and has documented the making in her blog. I think it is just beautiful.
goldfinches
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Fiona update
slightly uncomfortable yesterday, visit to the hospital announces 2cm dilated, sent home to await further development.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Friday, June 16, 2006
pink, blue, purple, red










Thursday, June 15, 2006
River Fleet
(more pictures of water)
I took this hanging off the edge of the bank. it was at a funny angle so I have rotated and cropped it. the wooden posts are remnants of piers and loading bays, apparently Gatehouse-of-Fleet was quite the place in the late 1700's, there was a brick factory the remains of which are a lovely boggy meadow.


Wednesday, June 14, 2006
things are getting greener
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
crinan canal
I stopped to take these pictures on the way to Tayvallich on Friday. there's lots of infortation about the canal on this link 'Crinan Canal' . I don't think you could easily paddle its length in a kayak but I'd like to do it in a nice big boat, g&t in hand!!













Sunday, June 11, 2006
Tayvallich



thats my holiday over then. I came home today and cut the grass, and thanked Billy for looking after the greenhouse, the garden managed itself and the cats are a bitt huffy from being abandoned for two days( three bowls of water, four bowls of food and a full cat litter! not good enough according to them!!)
Friday, June 09, 2006
big trees
I have used photostitch to put the tops and bottoms of these trees together, they make quite an amazing avenue. we got all 'earthy' and walked barefoot up here, lovely cool grass on such a warm day.
rhododendrons in every colour, some were beautifully scented.
Blogger was funny all yesterday and would't let me leave messages on blogs I was visiting. I am off now to Tayvallich for the weekend, camping and kayaking. Catch up with you all on Monday.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
grand day out
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