Scotland by NJC.: A line of mist follows the course of Loch Ness early on this August morning. But the clouds are breaking. All bodes well for a magnificent day in the Highlands, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Craobh Haven Marina, Argyll, looking north to the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: A burn flows into Loch Borralan a mile south-east of Ledmore Junction in Assynt, Sutherland. On the left of this image is Cul Mor. At 849 metres it is the highest peak in this area. Central is the "Molar Root" of Suilven. Top right is Canisp, Sutherland.
Scotland by NJC.: Loch Lomond and its famed wooded banks, near Tarbet, Argyll, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Camus nan Geall on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, with Mull, Coll and Tiree on the horizon, Argyll, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Looking across the sea-loch, Loch Hourn to the remote and snow-tinged Ladhar Bheinn, 1,020 metres. A slope that rises 3,346 feet from sea-level. The building on the green delta gives a sense of scale. Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: View south down the western Kyle of Bute to the tranquil village of Tighnabruaich and the Isle of Arran, beyond, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
The Wandering Cumbrian: The clouds rolling back from the Glencoe mountains
Scotland by NJC.: Misty, mystical, magical morning at Loch Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: The raw, brutal grandeur of the Liahtach Ridge above Glen Torridon, Wester Ross, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: A warm, balmy, hazy summer's day on Nairn's West Beach, Moray Firth, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Sgorr Dearg, 1,024 metres and Sgorr Dhonhuill, 1,001 metres, part of the Beinn a Bheithir range in Argyll, looking across Loch Leven from the north shore in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Loch Duich, Strath Croe, the "Five Sisters of Kintail," and Glen Shiel from Bealach Ratagan, West Coast of Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: The amazing "Sugar-Loaf" dome of Suilven viewed above Loch Culag, near Lochinver, Sutherland, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Sgurr na Paite and Loch Eilt nearing sunset on the "Road to the Isles," Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Spring at mighty An Teallach with vestiges of winter snow on north-facing slopes, Wester Ross, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Peacefulness personified. Loch nan Uamh at sunset, looking towards the remote Ardnish and Ardnamurchan peninsulas, Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
kmcrither: Stob Dearg on Buachaille Etive Mòr
Scotland by NJC.: Blue hour, as the sun sets in the north-west, Loch Eilt's north shore hills, cast a deep blue shadow on the waters of this illustrious lake, on the "Road to the Isles," Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
The Wandering Cumbrian: The remains of winter in Glencoe
Scotland by NJC.: View from Daviot Lodge of Strathnairn in an autumn sunset, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Blue heaven. Eight people on a Tombolo beach and two on the skerries. Sleat Peninsula, Cuillins of Skye, from the skerries and beaches of the Arisaig/Morar coast on a warm spring day.
Scotland by NJC.: Loch Broom, Ullapool, Beinn Ghobhlach and the Summer Isles from the north shore, Wester Ross, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: After 21:00 the Blue Hour has a sea-mist between the mainland at Loch nan Ceall and the distinctive Sgurr of Eigg on the Isle of Eigg, in High Summer. A surreal and wonderful reality.
Scotland by NJC.: Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin, deep in Autumn, with its Caledonian Forest, mercurial fresh-water islands and burnished golden ferns, Glen Affric, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: Radiant splendour! Sunset over Morar Bay and the Isle of Rum from Morar Cross. The sunsets here are breathtaking, sensational and epic, Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: The pristine, natural paradise of the islands of Loch Morar, caught by the setting summer sun from Morar Cross, Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Scotland by NJC.: A mirror-like loch, a burnished golden glen, distant Munros, a fresh-water island, Scots Pine, Birch, Gorse and Wild Scarlet Rosehips. Quintessentially, this is Scotland, nearing perfection. Strathfarrar, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
The Wandering Cumbrian: The Skye landscape
Scotland by NJC.: Incredible summit view from Sgurr Alasdair, highest point on the 6,000 offshore islands of Britain. Left to right, Isles of Eigg, Soay, Rum, Sanday, Canna and Outer Hebrides. Glenbrittle and beach, bottom right.