Latest Images by Richard Laybourne http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 2013-05-26T06:33:06GMT text/html 2013-04-07T14:51:58GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.716623 -5.687278 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3399704 A comparatively featureless square (with its own intrinsic beauty nonetheless!) but offering such amazing views. Two of the Small Isles were generating their own cloudbank on this cold Spring day. text/html 2013-04-07T14:43:25GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.715376 -5.680779 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3399693 Two lochans next to each other both with the same name. On the 1:50000, the label sits between both lochs (with a sense of bets being hedged!) but the 1:25000 gives them a label each. text/html 2013-04-07T14:39:03GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.709899 -5.692668 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3399686 A pool on Allt Eachain. text/html 2013-04-07T14:36:05GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.712276 -5.688323 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3399679 The only real feature of the square, the edges of this small, shallow lochan were alive with toads, either mating or hoping to. text/html 2013-04-07T14:32:42GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.706417 -5.685788 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3399674 (April 2013) While much of the country is under snow, the Western Highlands have been suffering from a spate of wildfires. No rain for over two months has left the moorland tinder-dry. The grass and heather can be seen in the foreground, vulnerable to fire. In the background, Beinn Resipol's summit peeks from behind Beinn An Albannaich. text/html 2013-04-07T14:27:56GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.705574 -5.689955 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3399667 Much of the plantation between the road and the fence has been felled, with the native species being encouraged to infill the spaces left. A band of 100 yards or so remains at this point, before the moorland opens out at the foot of Beinn Resipol. text/html 2013-02-23T21:15:54GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.665890 -5.599042 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3343812 Although it doesn't show in the photo, the quad-bike track made traversing this grid square significantly easier than the rest! It had aged nicely, and wasn't a scar at all. text/html 2013-02-23T21:10:06GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.667174 -5.604389 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3343803 A very cold week. text/html 2013-02-23T21:04:25GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.663440 -5.587379 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3343791 The upper reach of Loch Sunart, from the narrows at Laudale to Resipole, with Beinn Resipol to the right/north and the slopes of Beinn nam Beithrach to the left/south. In the far distance is the Cuillin of Rhum. text/html 2013-02-23T20:53:35GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.662646 -5.580610 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3343773 Looking west towards Glas Bheinn and Creac Bheinn. Few features of note in the grid square; this small burn is about it. text/html 2013-02-23T20:45:59GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.659735 -5.581803 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3343762 Looks like this plateau's name hasn't made it onto the OS maps, if it has one. NM8057 lacks the celtic romance of some of the nearby placenames! text/html 2013-02-23T20:35:03GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.660351 -5.600962 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3343747 Looking north with Strontian glen in the background text/html 2013-02-23T20:24:58GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.657698 -5.614911 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3343734 A bright and very cold day, looking north with the road from Strontian to Polloch just discernible in the distance. text/html 2012-05-24T11:41:18GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.603939 -5.745234 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2958865 A very hot day; there was a number of young red deer on the summit, some more shy than this one! text/html 2012-05-24T11:37:18GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/31555 Richard Laybourne 56.598360 -5.733435 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2958859 The slope down to the Black Water is very steep at this spot, but was alive with butterflies and spring flowers.