These are photographs by our cottage guests

These two lovely photographs are by our recent guest, Ruud van Puttem. He tells me he is "just an enthusiastic amateur" Could have fooled me. They are gorgeous. Every time we see Stalker Castle captured by a true photographer it looks totally different. Thank you Ruud for permission.

We have used photographs throughout our re-designed website. Bit difficult finding one for "Avoid speeding fines in Scotland" but we did it with a bit of a fiddle.

We also added these new pages.

WEATHER WEST COAST Weather Misconceptions Glencoe Oban Fort William and West Coast
January February Weather Glencoe Oban Fort William and West Coast
March April Weather Glencoe Oban Fort William and West Coast
May June Weather Glencoe Oban Fort William and West Coast
Jul August Weather Glencoe Oban Fort William and West Coast
September October Weather Glencoe Oban Fort William and West Coast
November December Weather Glencoe Oban Fort William and West Coast
Wind in the mountains and West Coast
What to do about Rain in Scotland
PHOTOGRAPHERS GLENCOE Glencoe is the photographers paradise
Photographic locations Glencoe
Winter Photography Glencoe

John

Gosh that looks cold Karen, two beautiful photographs, though, thank you

Karen Noble is a member of Paisley colour, part of the Scottish Federation.

Karen if you have a Flickr page, or a website I'm happy to post the links here for you. Thank you for these shots. Winter is coming, ouch!

John

Christmas cottage is still available Glencoe

The truth about the Glencoe Massacre
History around Appin
Viking battle in Glencoe?
The Pictish broch Lismore
West of Scotland in ancient times
Robert the Bruce and Ardchattan
Robert the Bruce and the Knights Templar
The rise and fall of the MacDonalds of Glencoe
Ancient roads of Scotland
Glencoe, the Wonder of Scotland
Castles around Glencoe area

Garry's photoezine site is wonderful. Click on this to see it.

Garry McLeod kindly sent in these photos. Thanks, they are great shots.

Thanks Garry.
John
ps. Garry I think I need to get an SLR with a really long focus lens - I used to have one. I don't want to spend a fortune, I'm just an enthusiastic opportunist. What shall I look out for and is it Ebay I should be going for?
If you could post any comment, others might be interested, possibly?

Masses of stuff about Glencoe in our Site map
This is about Fort William area
Appin all around here is beautiful
Accommodation from Oban to Fort William
Walks around our lochside cottage
Autumn short breaks in Glencoe
Is Ben Nevis walking it?
Cottage holidays off peak
The Western Highlands
Find holiday cottages anywhere in the world
Hill walks 
Munroes 
Port Appin and Lismore
Barcaldine
Hotels etc in Lochaber
Kentallen
Ballachulish
Onich

Bob, tremendous photographs, thank you

These lovely shots come from Bob Falconer who is the secretary of the Bon Accord Camera club. They are classically beautiful. The lovely thing for Gillian and I about the Moor of Rannoch, is that it changes every time we cross, and it changes hour by hour. The light is amazing. Thank you very much Bob. The link to your camera club is on the post headline, clicking on it will get there. For those of you puzzling about the Bon Accord name, it is the ancient motto of Aberdeen. Legend has it that when Robert the Bruce besieged the castle and took it from the English, back in the 14th century, they used the motto to describe the operation. So it stuck. I tell you what, it feels cold on Rannoch when these shots were taken. What time did you start out Bob?
John
About the area in our Site map and home page
Fort William information
Appin so lovely
Bed and breakfast and hotels from Oban to Fort William
Walks in the Lochaber area
Autumn breaks in Glencoe
Ben Nevis is a slog.
Scotland in the Autumn, Winter, Spring
The Highlands
Find holiday cottages around the world
Hill walks around Glencoe
Munroes of Glencoe
Port Appin the Highland village
Barcaldine accommodation
Accommodation Lochaber
Kentallen information
Ballachulish information
Onich information

2 great photos from Iain Wood of Mearns, Stonehaven

The three sisters in Glencoe. Great shot. The link to Iain's Flickr page can be found by clicking on the headline. Thanks Iain.

In this picture you can just make out the figure of a man - I happen to know it is Doug Turnbull, a devotee of the Glen. He tells the story, it is going to be a long hike and a long day up the Hidden Valley.
John

Much Information about the area in our Home page
About Fort William
Appin blog shows the beauty
Holidays from Oban to Fort William
20 Walks around our cottage
Short breaks in Glencoe in November
Ben Nevis walki

Who do you think you are? Wonderful shot from Tony Shaw, of New Cumnock

Isn't he/she absolutely gorgeous? I'm going to assume a he, bit sexist, sorry. How did you make him pose for you like this? He doesn't like this photography business one little bit, but on the other hand, if his picture is going to be shown on the internet, well, he owes it as a duty to his owl friends to keep up appearances.
See Tony's Flickr page, by clicking on the title to the post. Yes, he and Jane are married to each other.
John
Forgive me for adding in a few links - these are pages in our web site that I've suddenly realised do not have a ranking in Google and these links will help. This is why links go into most posts.
This is the Home page for the cottage
This is about Fort William
The achingly beautiful area of Appin. Our new blogsite
Beautiful Appin, Scotland
Walks around our cottage area in Glencoe
Hill walks in Glencoe
You can walk up Ben Nevis one day?
Munroes in Glencoe

Lovely little Cuil Bay, Appin, near Glencoe by John W

Cuil Bay is a delight. It faces South all the way down Loch Linnhe towards Oban. It is about ten minutes' drive from Glencoe in the famous Appin country. The hills of Morven in the distance, Westwards.

John Winkler

Lovely Stalker Castle in Appin near Glencoe by John W

Ancient home of the Stewarts of Appin, dating from the 14th century. James 1V stayed here.