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A small addition to the collection of campsite photographs I’ve been taking. The emphasis is mainly just on documenting the places for me to remember and drive me to look for remote and unusual places. 

Scotland’s landscapes are incredible, looming and threatening giving little respite from the constant rain and insect attacks, it was partially for the remoteness of landscape that I was attracted to Scotland. I’m very glad to have gotten to explore it but its fueled my desire now to deviate from oppressive moorland landscape and to somewhere a bit more warm and welcoming. Coming from the safe hills of Dublin, I couldn’t have foreseen the peturbation that a weeks worth of intense midge bites can rein on a person. 

Puts into perspective how intensely unprepared I would have been to do the Kungsleden walk in Sweden. All these small camping adventures are beginning to articulate themselves into a knowledge of how little I know about the outdoors and how expansive the scope of knowledge required to live in and experience in any depth the pleasures of the wilderness actually takes.

All that being said I managed to make fire using primitive techniques and to skin rabbits and pigeon amongst other bushcraft skills that I’m looking forward to improving. 

Hopefully this tent will be making many more appearances. It held up in the tail end of a hurricane that hit Scotland last week so I feel more justified in paying an extortionate amount for it.

Dinners at the dock

A few pictures from Portugal

Without clouds there would only be sky and vineyards.

2 euro bottles of wine though