The Jacobite 2018

Yes we be there John,never go up there believing the forecast you know that John,its usually worse lol

 

Always go up expecting the worse possible - then anything different is a bonus, although not usually much of one!

Peter

 

That photo you sent me from outside the visitor centre at Glenfinnan is amazing! The edge of the Loch should be about 200 metres from the road, not almost on top of it!

 

One of the attractions of the Highlands, the unexpected. I've had horizontal rain at Glenfinnan and then sat outside the pub in Arisaig in a T shirt under clear sky. The week I had in May was the first time in 18 years of going that I didn't get wet.

 

Thanks Henry. No not next week, don't give up as everyone's says with the forecast. Thursday and Friday were poor here and the forecast for this week was awful. But yesterday was a beautiful day and in large parts so has today so far.

 

Some from today at the start of the penultimate week.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/146487151@N02/45340668101/in/dateposted-public/

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A few of my own from today. Very much ended up with the same locations as Karl today, so was more about putting my own compositions on it so we weren't mirror imaging!

Black 5 No. 45212 - Loch Eil Outward Bound by Jonathon Gourlay, on Flickr

Black 5 No. 45212 - Craigag Wetlands by Jonathon Gourlay, on Flickr

Black 5 No. 45212 - Glenfinnan Falls by Jonathon Gourlay, on Flickr

 

Lovely shots Jonny proving once again that nothing compares to WHL and extension

 

More crackin shots Karl

 

I think we might have picked the wrong week Henry

 

Thanks Henry, and John, you know better than any of us that ignoring the forecast is the best way forward!

I'm still keep an eye on the updated cloud cover forecasts tomorrow, as in the last 24 hours it's scheduled Tuesday to range anywhere from glorious to grim. So with still having tomorrow off this week, I might as well gamble. And you might as well gamble on next week.

 

Every weeks a good week up there John

 

Been going up there a long time Jonny, steam in the morning landscapes in the afternoon,gods country

 

Thanks Henry! Although to be fair the landscape and crews are doing all the work. I just point a camera at it.

 

I never go by the forecast, if I did I would have missed some classic scenes over the last 18 years. I've been in horizontal rain at Glenfinnan and enjoying a pint outside in my shirtsleeves at Arisaig on the same day, part of the charm of the Highlands. Are you up there next week at all?

 

Youre being modest Karl you also have to have an eye for the shot unlike some we see

 

Plans currently are to commute from home Mon-Wed, and then Jess and I return to stay on Thursday and Friday to follow up with a Strathspey trip on the Saturday. I hear the valleys will be filled with golden sunshine*....

*As typical, between the hours of 1300-sunset. Unless the engine could be turned, then sunshine is guaranteed between sunrise and 1300!

 

One from myself yesterday. Weather overall was miserable, so chose the right day to bail after Glenfinnan and chase up some of our Caledonian Charters arrangements with the 828 Trust at Strathspey. Day wasn't a complete loss however, with a patch of brightness at Glenfinnan.

At the time of taking the photograph, I honestly thought the train was in a lot less light but perhaps my eyes were comparing too much to the fully lit hills behind! So a welcome surprise when I put the SD card into the computer this morning.

Black 5 No. 45212 - Glenfinnan by Jonathon Gourlay, on Flickr

That's me now for this week, unless Friday proves gamble-worthy before a nightshift. Good luck to Karl for the rest of the week, today and tomorrow look promising!

 

After losing the sun with seconds to go three time today the sun finally returned at a golden Morar.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/146487151@N02/43570726240/in/dateposted-public/

 

Thats a cracker Karl,