Category: Travel Photography
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The Gravestone of Flora MacDonald
Flora MacDonald is famed for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape, after the Battle of Culloden. She helped whisk him away to the Isle of Skye. However, she was eventually arrested for her part in this historical story, and was sent to the Tower of London. That wasn’t the end for Flora though, instead she was…
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Scottish Old Houses
These two buildings stand within the grounds of the Skye Museum of Island Life. These buildings represent a very ancient way of living, in some of the most remote parts of Skye. People lived in these buildings until the end of the 19th Century.
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The Lone Highlander
The 1745 Jacobite Rising began on the very spot this statue stands, upon the shores of Loch Shiel in the Highlands of Scotland. Bonnie Prince Charlie arrived here and began the uprising which ultimately ended in failure at the Battle of Culloden about eight months later.
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The Jacobite In Grey
This is The Lone Highlander, he stands atop the Glenfinnan Memorial, standing on the edge of Loch Shiel. This shot was taken through the undergrowth.
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A Maltese Falcon
I found this stone bird statue whilst exploring Malta a few years ago.
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Some More Grey Skies
Another day, another black and white Scottish landscape shot. These particular peaks can be spotted on the Isle of Skye.
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The Shepherd of Glencoe
This photo of the Scottish mountain known as Buachaille Etive Mòr, was one of the first photos I took on my very first trip to Scotland (back in 2009!). I found it in the archive, dusted it off, and gave it a fresh edit for this post. I also learned that the very top of…
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The Duomo of Florence
Looming large over the whole of beautiful Florence in Italy, is the Duomo. Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, the enormous dome was added to the cathedral in the 15th century, almost two centuries after initial construction began.
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A (but not THE) David
This is a replica of Michaelangelo’s David, on display in the car park overlooking the beautiful and very picturesque city of Florence in Italy. There are several David statues scattered around the city, amongst the many, many, many other statues that you can find there.