28/01/2019 – Using our head torches for a bit of light as we waited for the sun to come up.
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26/01/2019 – Headtorch and fingers for scale (it was a bit smaller than I thought it would be).
26/01/2019 – Headtorch shining across the carving brought the person out a little better. It’s pretty faint.
26/01/2019 – Not much to see of the fort as the top has the remains of modern gun emplacements over it.
12/01/2019 – A fine walk today made better by a visit to this great cairn. It’s BIG.
31/12/2018 – Ramparts on Brown Caterthun. Tricky to get a good photo to show their size.
31/12/2018 – Photo of the ramparts. Well not really, I took it because of the surface block in the foreground. It’s all that remains of the trigpoint. Built in 1949 but gone just a year later in 1950. No idea why it was removed. Maybe they had a rethink about putting it on an ancient monument but if that’s the case what about all the other trigs on cairns, forts etc. round Britain! The Ordnance Survey have a bit of a checkered history when it comes to placement of trigs and old stuff. Still I love their maps so I’ll let them off. If you visit this fort have a look out for the block and say hello. If you hate trigs, at least you can have a dance around it singing ‘Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead’.
31/12/2018 – Cup marked rock in the ramparts of White Caterthun hillfort. About 80 cups.
31/12/2018 – Had to bring my own bit of sun today as the clouds were being grumpy.
29/12/2018 – December on Craig Phadrig hillfort. A different feel to Gladman’s wonderful bluebell photos of the hillfort already posted.
10/11/2018 – Lovely quartz seams on the now fallen recumbent. Not been here before, nice visit.
10/11/2018 – Looking over the recumbent setting. Some nice stones here but the circle is in pretty bad shape sadly.
29/10/2018 – Lovely light now most of the trees have gone. Different feel to the place now. Not better or worse, just different.
21/10/2018 – First time back over from Kirkhill Forest side since the start of the construction of the Aberdeen bypass. Access is fine now and the road doesn’t really effect the circle too much (though it’s not open quite yet). The October sun was lovely today and the stones looked so nice. Just a wonderful circle.
17/10/2018 – Bennachie – Astronomical Twilight. Looking over to Mither Tap from Oxen Craig. The glow in the far distance is from Aberdeen. Different feel to the hill at this time. Not a sound to be heard. I like the dark. Clear sky this evening, many stars, Milky Way and a shiny half moon. Starting to get a little cold now.
23/09/2018 – I just love everything about this kerb cairn hidden in the vast dune system at Sands of Forvie.
06/09/2018 – Just a lovely peaceful location. If you come, plan not to rush.
04/09/2018 – The Whispering Stones at Totronald. They are a good size, I’m hiding (just) behind the near one :-)
