Our Highland Life Photography

Sunflower bathed in sunshine.
Old hillside rusty roof derelict and dilapidated old stone house, it has no door, tins sheeting missing from the roof lay on the ground.
A great spotted woodpecker feeds from a coconut shell hanging in a tree.
Sharp Scottish Thistle grows majestically, vivid purple flower fully open, bugs can be seen crawling on it on the prickles.
A loch Droma surrounded by grass and trees with An Tellach in the distance on a bright blue sky day, grass covered hills reflecting on to the loch.
Several pairs of hiking boots on the outdoor ground and a two tiered old wooden shelf, each boot is filled with flowers, pink, red and white.
A white horse standing in the snow on a hill.
Vivid pink Rosebay Willow Herb growing under a cloudless blue sky.
Song Thrush with beak full of worms standing on a grass wet with dew.
Wild Red Deer stag standing on a grass covered hillside looking directly into the camera lens,
Blooming Poppies and seed pods amongst purple wild flowers and long green grass.
Flock of five of assorted chickens standing on grass surrounded by leafless bushes.
Hooded Crow with an egg in his fully stretched open beak and two more eggs lay at his feet. He stands on a long surrounded by grass.
Grey Heron on the shoreline of a sea loch flanked by seaweed covered bank.
Male Redpoll leaping up from a log about to fly away.
A large body of water dominated by an oil rig in the foreground and hillside in the back ground. An on old wooden jetty sits on the right in front of the oil rig.
Sheep and lambs scattered across a narrow mountain road blocking the route for traffic.
Miniature black Highland Cow stands in a field of long grass edged by trees an old building behind in. His eyes covered by his fringe. He has fully formed horns.
White cat asleep in a bird house, his left front leg and paw hang below him against a basket of peanuts.
Two stocky rams standing together in a grass field, both with their tongues out.
Snow covered Ben Wyvis it's reflection dominates the water in Glascarnoch Dam.
Beach Isle of Harris
White Galloway cow
Scottish Highland winding single track road with passing place sign
White cat chewing a stick
Sparrowhawk perched on a cut tree stump
The Mayflower steam train
Ullapool from the Stornoway ferry
Pheasant and her three tiny chicks
Sheep in a bus stop
Rainbow over the A832 - NC500
Jay eating a peanut ground feeding in grass
Dove leaning over
Male Pheasant stretching
White cat in a tree bereft of leaves looking directly into the camera lens.
Female Redpoll feeding standing on gravel stones
Sheep in the snow
Boats on Lochcarron
Male Bullfinch
Highland Cow and her calf
Sheep yawning
Male Blackbird on a feeding basket
Grey Heron on a dewy lawn
Male and female Pheasants at the water barrel
Three Greater Spotted Woodpeckers climbing up a tree trunk
Photographer at work on a cold snowy day
Abandoned cottage Scottish Highlands
The Mayflower steam train
Crow with food in his beak
Dove walking on grass
Heron Gull
Hooded Crow
Pheasant chick resting on the lawn
Birds fighting for food
Male Pheasant stretching
Black Galloway Bull
Scottish Highland level crossing
Male and female Pheasants at the water barrel
Slug eating a peanut
Snow covered garden
Sheildaig village
Bird feeding
Male Blackbird on a feeding basket
Artichoke in flower
Stone Church Isle of Harris
Roast Lamb, Rosemary, Onions and Thyme
Photographer at work Loch Torridon
Old stone stedding with a rusty corrugated roof
The Mayflower steam train
Crow with food in his beak
Pink Cone Flower
Two Grey Heron flying over a sea loch
Fishing boat Loch Broom
Pheasant chick resting on the lawn
Loch Maree, Scotland on a hazy blue sky day
Male Pheasant stretching
Black Galloway Bull
Scottish Highland level crossing
Male and female Pheasants at the water barrel
Bright magenta pink flower
Male Pheasant fluffed up feathers sitting on a fence
Sheildaig village
Scallops with couscous and lemon
Bee on a yellow wild Lily
One Way!

In January 2017, what began as a spontaneous winter break to Ullapool quickly turned into a life-changing journey. After four years living on a narrowboat in Surrey, we arrived in the north-west Highlands for a last-minute week-long holiday – but something about the place made it impossible to leave.

In January 2017, what began as a spontaneous winter break to Ullapool quickly turned into a life-changing journey. After four years living on a narrowboat in Surrey, we arrived in the north-west Highlands for a last-minute week-long holiday – but something about the place made it impossible to leave.

By the end of that first week, we’d extended our stay by another fortnight. The landscape was utterly captivating – snow-dusted mountains, vast lochs that changed colour with the light, and skies that seemed to stretch into forever. It wasn’t long before the thought of returning south faded altogether. Ullapool had quietly but firmly taken hold of our hearts.

The draw of this place goes beyond its natural beauty – though that alone is enough to inspire anyone with a love of photography, painting, or simply being present in the outdoors. The light in the Highlands shifts constantly, casting new moods over the hills and water with every passing hour. Wildlife is never far away either – red deer, buzzards, and even the occasional sea eagle all add to the sense that you are living in a wilder, more elemental world.

But it’s not just the landscape that called us to stay. There’s a unique tranquillity here, a slower rhythm of life that allows you to breathe more deeply, think more clearly, and feel more connected to the world around you. And then there’s the music – traditional sessions spilling out of pubs, festivals drawing people together, and spontaneous tunes played among friends. Music, here, feels like part of the land itself.

Perhaps most importantly, though, was the warmth of the community. Despite the winter chill, the welcome we received firstly in Ullapool and then in wider area was genuine and heartfelt. There’s a friendliness in the Highlands that can’t be overstated – a sense of people looking out for one another and making space for newcomers to become neighbours.

We spent four unforgettable months at Leckmelm Farm in a couple of their holiday cottages, the first 3 Lochside and then up on the farm with lovely neighbours that became friends. It was the perfect place to begin this new chapter while we searched for something more permanent. In May 2017, we finally found it – a cottage on a farm in Strathgarve, surrounded by the wild beauty we had fallen in love with back in January.

That last-minute holiday turned out to be the beginning of a whole new life. And we’ve never looked back.

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