Photography…mostly.

Category: Local

This is a collection of local photography which I create around Scotland’s smallest country of Clackmannanshire and its villages.

Clackmannanshire

The county includes the towns of Alloa, Dollar, Menstrie, Alva, Kennet and others. Because of its varied geography it offers a wide range of scenes, atmospheres, and vegetation. From the flat plains of the Forth Valley bounded by the River Forth on the South which contrasts with the Ochil hills in the north. Most noteworthy is the lush Gartmorn Dam and the open fields of Kennet.

  • Summer around Gartmorn dam

    Summer around Gartmorn dam

    I know its summer and this being a very wet one so dry and sunny pictures are scarce. So from 2011 enjoy these summer photographs around Gartmorn dam near Alloa, Clackmannanshire. The dam is an emergency backup water reserve should the many dams higher-up in the Ochils should run dry. Hah! Like thats ever going to happen.

    Over the past many years I have many photographs of the wildlife and greenery around this little heaven of nature. Each visit tells you how the seasons are constantly putting an arm around mother nature and helping her flow through the year. In all weathers.

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  • Ochils over Dollar

    Ochils over Dollar

    An autumn stroll above the Ochils Dollar in Clackmannanshire. Castle Campbell (aka Castle Gloom) looks over the Forth Valley. Midday sun in November brought the colours to life as a mist creeps along the river Forth in the valley below.

     

     

    Deforestation in the Ochils
    Deforestation in the Ochils

     

     

     

     

    Sunset on Castle Campbell over Dollar and the Forth Valley
    Sunset on Castle Campbell over Dollar and the Forth Valley
  • Sunset on Stirling

    Sunset on Stirling

    This is an old sequence of images I took in 2010 of the statue of Colonel Sir David Stirling, founder of the Special Air Service (SAS). It is located on the outskirts of Dunblane and Doune.

    Colonel Sir David Stirling
    Colonel Sir David Stirling

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  • A cold Dollar

    A cold Dollar

    Went on a photographic wander awaiting a friend enduring Dental work. It was a cold and misty February morning, but there were a few characters about.

  • Horsing around The Ochils

    Horsing around The Ochils

    Horse in the fields below The Ochils
    Green lunch
  • Poppy listening in

    Poppy listening in

    Poppy the Golden Retreiver
    The hill whisperer