Lady Mary's Walk, Crieff 26/11/17

Today we headed to Crieff for the Lady Mary Walk, a 4 mile route along the River Earn, shadowing the disused railway line that until the late sixties ran from Crieff to what is now Gleneagles. A waymarked and pretty easy walk made all the better with some sunshine peering through the late afternoon sky.

Lesley & Sitka enjoying the sunshine

Bonnie trees

One of many poetic seats along the river, this one taking the shape of the nearby redundant railway tracks.

Ducks hard at work swimming against the current

Last of the days sunshine on the River Earn 

Mole's hoose

Wormit coast walk 18/11/17

Another walk this weekend, this time from Bay Road Wormit along the coast towards Balmerino.
It was blowing a gale and pretty Baltic so we were well wrapped up, Sitka didn't seem to mind the cold, a happy dog being out for walks.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fife-stirling/tay-bridge.shtml

The seal was already here

Tay rail bridge from Dundee to Wormit

Tay road bridge taken from Newport with the bright lights of Dundee shining in the night

Dundee transmitter lit up along with one of the fitba stadiums on the left

The other side of the Tay road bridge with the Law Hill in the distance

Muthill River Earn walk 12/11/17

A change of direction for a walk this time, Muthill centre along Wardside through Sallyardoch Wood then exit down to Strageath Hall, through the muddy farm then follow the right side path of the old railway embankment, this takes you right down to the bend in the river where we stopped for refreshments then headed back the same way, this is part of a longer circular walk to Crieff and back, maybe some other time, pretty damn cold but the sun was shining and it was dry.
Walkhighlands route https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/map3_23pt.shtml

Beautiful scenery looking towards Ben Lawers, Auchnafree Hill and Ben Chonzie

Wee Robin coming to say hello

Sitka happy as always to be out for walks

Cold draughty caravan, hopefully no one staying in it

Line of the old railway

  The sun getting lower as were the temperatures

Old metal pillars for the long gone railway, part of the Crieff junction railway

Pillars getting put to use by anglers

The old steel taking on the Autumn colours beautifully

The last of the days sun lighting our path through the beautiful leaves

Shiny pylon and lines

A Medusa tree, well in my head it was 

Muthill's ruined medieval church hanging on to the last of the days sun

Norton Owners Club Tayside and friends at Tullybannocher Comrie 22/10/17

Nearing the end of the year for our bike runs, it was great to see so many bikes arriving at Tullybannocher, the weather certainly made a difference.

Bill's cracking looking 1962 Triumph T120

 Gino & and David T’s Nortons

Phil's Ducati looking very Autumn like alongside a Guzzi LeMans

 The Big Yam at rest

  An assortment of bikes alongside Euan's 100,000 plus mile Xjr1300 and Liz's Guzzi V7

Bill's 1962 Triumph looking resplendent in 1964 Rolleicord Ilford black & white

Classic bike talk

A gathering of Norton Commandos

Gino's Commando

Making the most of the weekend. 3/11/17

On Friday night I headed into Perth to take some Fuji Acros photos, no alcohol involved either.

Dickens Bar

The Trinity Church in York Place which was built for the Church of Scotland around 1858.

This gable end view has not been seen between the Waverley Hotel being built around 1860 and being demolished very recently, back in the spotlight again. The pigeons didn't seem to mind the attention.

A.K Bell Library entrance

Saturday and a change of pace, a last run of the year on the Big Yam through St Fillans which was missing the Mirror Man statue, it was created by the artist Rob Mullholland and installed in Loch Earn in 2014, recently removed by the previous owners of the hotel, hopefully one will take its place as a permanent installation, such a presence, almost human.
We headed up Glenogle and down into Killin for a bowl of hot soup and some pieces, thankfully getting seated near the open fire to get some heat into the fingers and toes, it must have been about 5 degrees out.

Beautiful scenery

Misty mountains

Ben Lawers

Falls of Dochart

Sunday and another change of pace, this time we included Sitka for a walk around Logierait Forest, this time the top of the hill trail 4.5 mile walk, stunning scenery again.

Beautiful Perthshire scenery

Tall trees

Ben Vrackie overlooking Pitlochry