Cruise 2024
15 photos
Corvo
60 photos
the smallest island in the Azores, pop. 350
France 2024
373 photos
A week in Nice then a few days in the French Alps in Savoie in February 2024
Scotland 2024
944 photos
Trip to the west of Scotland in January 2024 staying at Mallaig and Oban with lots of trips out to the islands
Cruise 2023
310 photos
Cruise in November 2023 on Oceania Line’s “Riviera” from Barcelona to Majorca (Palma), Marseilles, Villefranche (Nice), Civitavecchia (Rome), Sorrento, Kavala (Greece) and Istanbul
Azores and Madeira 2005
48 photos
A holiday to the Azores and Madeira in August 2005.
Azores 2004
55 photos
Holiday to the islands of Sao Miguel, Sao Jorge, Faial and Flores in the Azores 2004
Athens
19 photos
Photos from two brief visits to Athens in November 2022 and January 2023
Cyprus 2023
107 photos
Holiday at Pissouri Bay, Cyprus in January 2023
Cruise on the Oceania Marina, November 2022
254 photos
from Athens to Rome via the Aegean and Adriatic
Old transport postcards
33 photos
mostly ships and aeroplanes from places other than the west of Scotland ...
Garden
48 photos
Canaries & Madeira Cruise
304 photos
Photos from a cruise from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria round the Canaries and Madeira on TUI's Marella Explorer 2
Gran Canaria
241 photos
Two holidays in Gran Canaria in December 2021 and January 2022, the first staying at the lovely Santa Catalina Hotel in Las Palmas and the second at the Hotel Cordial in Purto Mogan
Lisbon
63 photos
Photos taken during my periodic visits to Portugal's capital, usually en route between the Azores and Britain
Aeroplanes & Airports
181 photos
J Arthur Dixon postcards
110 photos
a subset of my wider postcard collection
Corsica 2005
25 photos
A few photos from a holiday in Calvi at the north end of Corsica.
Ponta Delgada & Sao Miguel
113 photos
The biggest town and island of the Azores
Madeira 2021
137 photos
Views from a short visit to Madeira in January 2021
Bermuda
28 photos
Some pictures from a rather chilly visit to Bermuda in January 2005
Terceira
19 photos
Images from a trip to the second largest island in the Azores in 2008
Dubrovnik
51 photos
An off-season visit to Dubrovnik, Croatia in January 2020.
Berlin 2019
68 photos
Scotland & Lisbon, April 2018
88 photos
Pictures taken during a brief visit to Scotland via Lisbon in April 2018
Berlin 2018
71 photos
Things that caught my eye during a four day visit to Berlin in January 2018
Porto 2016
29 photos
Another brief visit to Portugal's second city in slightly nicer weather than last year.
Scotland 2016-17
147 photos
Things that caught my eye during my annual visit to Scotland in December/January
Lisbon, April 2016
87 photos
Scotland 2015-16
86 photos
Porto, December 2015
57 photos
Pictures from a two day visit in rather driech weather
Horta, October 2015
106 photos
A 4 day visit to Horta on the island of Faial in October 2015
Inverness, April 2015
22 photos
Scotland 2014-15
32 photos
Pictures from my annual visit to Scotland in December and January each year. Relatively few this year as my camera packed up in the middle of the visit.
Hawker Siddeley Trident
6 photos
Cats
98 photos
Cats of my acquaintance
Scotland 2013-14
30 photos
Pictures from my annual trip to Scotland
Scotland 2012-13
165 photos
Pictures from my annual visit to Scotland over Christmas & New Year 2012-13
Scotland 2011-12
49 photos
Photos from my visit to Scotland at Christmas 2011 and New Year 2012
Scotland 2010-11
100 photos
Pictures from my trip to Scotland in December 2010-January 2011
Flores in the Azores
1478 photos
Although Edinburgh born and bred, I now live on the island of Flores, the westmost of the Azores.
Scotland, 80s & 90s
735 photos
Photos of the west highlands and islands of Scotland from 1984 to 1994.
At the time, I was trying to record things which I thought would change or disappear so a recurring theme of these pics is...
Old postcards of Scotland
1349 photos
Highlights from my postcard collection, mainly the north and west Highlands and Islands
MacBraynes' Ships
660 photos
My own pictures from the 1980s to the present day and scans of postcards and other ephemera in my collection relating to coastal shipping on the west coast of Scotland
Timetables
89 photos
Timetables and other transport ephemera, mostly (but not exclusively) related to Scottish shipping.
Scottish Scans
159 photos
Scans from old books and other ephemera in my collection - mostly bought at book fairs etc. A running theme is transport around the Highlands and Islands of Scotland but also shops, hotels - things...
Orkney 1989 & 1993
135 photos
Pictures from my only two visits to Orkney in 1989 & 1993
Shetland 1988
45 photos
I've only been to Shetland once, in 1988. We flew there from Wick on a British Airways HS748 which stopped at Kirkwall (Orkney) on the way and hired a blue Ford Fiesta at Sumburgh Airport.
Most of...
Scottish Highlands & Islands, 1995-2006
125 photos
Photos of the Highlands & Islands between when my Pentax ME Super SLR camera packed up and I decided to get something "point and press" in 95 and when I left Scotland in 06. Most of...
Estate Brochures
31 photos
One of the pleasures of when I used to be a Scottish rural property lawyer was the brochures put out by the estate agents when a large estate or country property was brought to the market.
You may...
Scotland 2008-09
108 photos
Some photos of my trip to Scotland at Christmas 2008 and New Year 2009
Models
36 photos
When I was wee, in the 60s and early 70s, my father made for me Airfix models of civil aircraft of the day - BEA Tridents, Air France Caravelles etc. Over time, these models got broken, lost or...
Maps
43 photos
1980's Aviation
30 photos
Extracts from my small and poor collection of photos taken at UK airports in the 1980s
Lewis, December 2004
23 photos
Some pictures I took on a very quick trip to Lewis in December 2004
Scotland 2009-10
72 photos
A selection of photos from my 2009-10 Xmas and NY trip to Scotland.