A couple of weeks ago I went up to Scotland for a short retreat with some colleagues, staying in a cottage near Gatehouse of Fleet.

It was great to get out of the city for a while, especially to somewhere so remote. For the first few days I was still getting used to the lack of unnatural sound and light, and by the time I’d settled in to the simple life, we were back in London. The weather wasn’t amazing – it was Scotland, after all – but it didn’t rain on us too much, and I managed to lug the camera up several hills in thick fog without causing any (lasting!) damage. I must, however, find a better solution to carrying my tripod than the case it came in.

This view is from a hill overlooking Loch Whineyeon, which we walked up to a couple of times. I had a sneaking suspicion that the sun would rise on the left of this shot, in the small dip, but never managed to get up early enough to get there for it. (I’m sure the beers every night didn’t help!) This is definitely a place to go back to – I really want that sunrise shot!

The full set on Flickr can be found here – it will be updated every day for a while.