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A few more snaps from my recent wee wander up Stob Coire a' Chearcaill

14-04-26

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#Ardnamurchan
#LochEil
#LochLinnhe
#FortWilliam
#Corbett
#Corbetts
#Hillwalking
#Mountains
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April 30, 2026 at 12:50 PM
garethharper.bsky.social
A little behind with my snaps.
But anyway, Stob Coire a' Chearcaill back on 14-04-26

#StobCoireaChearcaill
#Blathaich
#Ardnamurchan
#LochEil
#LochLinnhe
#FortWilliam
#Corbett
#Corbetts
#Hillwalking
#Mountains
#photoecosse
April 28, 2026 at 11:05 AM
garethharper.bsky.social
A panoramic shot from my walk up Stob Coire a' Chearcaill back on Tuesday 14-04-26

#StobCoireaChearcaill
#Blathaich
#Ardnamurchan
#LochEil
#LochLinnhe
#FortWilliam
#Corbett
#Corbetts
#Hillwalking
#Mountains
#photoecosse
April 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Blàthaich

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A strawberry.
July 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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GLUGACH ~ mabach, manntach

a1778 NLS Adv. MS 73.2.2 43

Teanga Ghlugach Shlaopach Ghloncach | Nach laibhir poncoil no blasta | Mar Ghlamarsuich coin a gól blathaich | Milleadh na Gáilic ’sga sracadh.

Tha e coltach gu bheil gu leòr ri ràdh mun chuspair seo!
Criomag bho Làmh-sgrìobhainn Mhic an Tuairneir XIV, air a chruthachadh, tha e coltach, ro 1778 leis an sgrìobhaiche Uilleam MacMhurchaidh. NLS Adv. MS 73.2.2 43. Le taing don Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba (NLS), agus Irish Script on Screen (ISOS). https://www.isos.dias.ie/NLS/NLS_Adv_MS_73_2_2.html#35
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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chan eil a shamhla ann –
tionndadh ’s a’ tionndadh a’ ghileid òraich
am broinn dòrcha na h-eanchainn…

—Aonghas MacNeacail, “deanamh ime”
from Laoidh an Donais Òig / Hymn to a Young Demon, Polygon 2007
Produced as a postcard by @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social for National Poetry Day, 1998
#poem
2/3
deanamh ime Aonghas MacNeacail chan eil a shamhla ann – tionndadh ’s a’ tionndadh a’ ghileid òraich am broinn dòrcha na h-eanchainn ag èisteachd ri suirghe is dealachadh is pòsadh nan lid luasganach leaghtach ag èisteachd airson nam boinne blàthaich a’ sileadh air falbh o ghramalas òrbhuidhe dàin making butter translated by Aonghas MacNeacail there’s nothing like it – turning and turning the golden whiteness inside the darkness of the brain listening to the wooings and partings and weddings of soluble tossed-about syllables listening for the drops of buttermilk trickling away from the golden yellow firmness of a poem
June 7, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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chan eil a shamhla ann –
tionndadh ’s a’ tionndadh a’ ghileid òraich
am broinn dòrcha na h-eanchainn…

—Aonghas MacNeacail, “deanamh ime”
from Laoidh an Donais Òig / Hymn to a Young Demon, Polygon 2007
Produced as a poetry postcard by @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social for National Poetry Day, 1998
2/2
deanamh ime Aonghas MacNeacail chan eil a shamhla ann – tionndadh ’s a’ tionndadh a’ ghileid òraich am broinn dòrcha na h-eanchainn ag èisteachd ri suirghe is dealachadh is pòsadh nan lid luasganach leaghtach ag èisteachd airson nam boinne blàthaich a’ sileadh air falbh o ghramalas òrbhuidhe dàin making butter translated by Aonghas MacNeacail there’s nothing like it – turning and turning the golden whiteness inside the darkness of the brain listening to the wooings and partings and weddings of soluble tossed-about syllables listening for the drops of buttermilk trickling away from the golden yellow firmness of a poem
June 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Blàthaich

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Olympus M Zuiko Digital 40–150mm F2.8
A Grey Heron in flight.
July 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
eelneerg.bsky.social
Two Scottish Gaelic words blathaich - to protect and mal - tribute or payment seems plausible.
July 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Blàthaich

OM System OM-1 Mark II
Olympus M Zuiko Digital 40–150mm F2.8
Leaves against the wall of a polytunnel.
July 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Blàthaich

OM System OM-1 Mark II
Olympus M Zuiko Digital 40–150mm F2.8
Wooded hills ensconced in fog on the banks of Loch Eil.
July 5, 2026 at 10:20 AM