Red Light Ray » Arran http://www.redlightray.com Misha Somerville'S blog Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:42:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 As old as the Hills http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/as-old-as-the-hills/ http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/as-old-as-the-hills/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:22:05 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=537 After ten years of living an almost completely urban life in the city of Glasgow, 2009, for me, was the year that I emerged from the cocoon to discover the majestic Scottish wilderness.  Perhaps it could be same for any of the world’s great wildernesses, I don’t know any of them well enough to know if they have the same depth, but something of the way the landscape and people have woven together through time,  is truly magnificent.  It is said that the Scottish mountains are amongst the oldest in the world, and the poetry, the music and the people, even to this day, move forward with echos of this ancient history.  It might be foolish to try and convey this – like describing the taste of one of the finest single malt whiskies – but here are a few things that speak to me the loudest against this backdrop.   I’ll let you peel back the layers:

Sounds

‘Walts for Hector’ from Bothy Culture by Martyn Bennett

‘Why’ on Grit by Martyn Bennett ‘

‘Blackbird’ on Grit, by Martyn Bennett

’4 Notes’ from Bothy Culture by Martyn Bennett

more info | buy Grit | buy Bothy Culture

Words

A Man In Assynt_Norman Maccaig

more info | book available here

Pictures

1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Misha somerville_arran ]]> http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/as-old-as-the-hills/feed/ 3 More from the Wilds of Scotland http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/231/ http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/231/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:26:08 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=231 Here are some pictures from the last few months adventures around Scotland.  Hopefully the images capture the moments.  All taken on Film on my Olympus OM20.  Should be getting my digital SLR back shortly [my sister pinched it to go to California - bum deal for me or what!?! Hopefully she'll come back with some good pictures though].  I’ll be interested to see what kind of photos I get out of the digital when I get it back [if I do !!].

top-man-looks-down which-planet highland-man A snooze a top a hill Looking to the light Bute Dancing The Storr Bute On Bute Nik Powell on Curved Ridge above Rannoch Moor Glen Garry Applecross stones ]]> http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/231/feed/ 0