A Highland Winter Wonderland

My weekend away all too quickly came to an end but what an end it turned out to be. I awoke to clear blue skies so got packed, had my breakfast and checked out of the hotel as quickly as I could. First stop was Glen Nevis. Once the sun has risen above the head of the Glen it us useless for photography so I knew I only had about an hour. GI managed to get some nice shots of the River Nevis and also some good wintry close-up shots of the morning sun hitting the tops of The Mamores before having to move on.

Then it was back in to Fort William and to Glen Coe. I stopped off at the Visitor Centre for a coffee and then rose up through the Glen. Once again the sun was directky in front of me so no photos were taken in the Glen itself. It was only after I'd strarted to drive across Rannoch Moor that I noticed the fabulous view behind me. Pulling in to the first laybe I crossed the road to the edge of the moor and took some spectacular photos back towards the Three Sisters and The Buachaille Etive Mor hills.

The sun was beginning to melt the overnight snow so I quickly carried on to The Black Mount area of the moor. Climbed up to the viewpoint over Loch Bà for some photos and then walked along the road to the edge of Lochan nà Stainge with its fantastic views over The Black Mount. I sat there for ages waiting for the ripples to die down on the Lochan so that I could get a reflection of the hills and lochside tree. I was eventually rewarded with some of the best photos I've taken in this area.

Within a few miles the ground level snow had all but disappeared so I decided not to waste any more of my time and just carried on back to Cumbria, only stopping on the way for a couple of coffee breaks.

Little did I realise on my drive back that in the space of a couple of weeks, I would be iscolated in my own home due to the Covid-19 virus. In fact, if Britain had followed the rest of the world (which it should have done), I would not have been able to make this trip.

As I write this blog at the beginning of May, nearly 30,000 people have died from it in the UK and there is no sign of the lockdown easing anytime soon. I have also had to cancel my two week holiday in Somerset and rearrange it for next year. I have a week booked in Wales in July and I'm not very confident on going there. I don't think this blog is the place for my thoughts on the so-called governmeny of ours and the useless waste of space of the man who is supposidly our Prime Minister, hopefully they will all be held to account one day.

These are strange times we are living in.