Ben Lomond

For those of you never fortunate enough to visit Scotland, a word:

Get off your seat, and go there.

Scotland is painfully beautiful - not with the brash bright colours of the Mediterranean, or the "bling" of the Alps. It exists in a palette of subtle shades and gentle colour gradations that make the scenery a constant discovery.

As daylight came and the sky lightened, shades of blue, pink, beige, and grey shoved and nudged each other for prominence. This contest was reflected in the Loch below, casting ever-changing filters across the water, the trees and the mountains. Gorse Fox didn't need to move. He could have watched this all day.
[File under: Loch Lomond]