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@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot · 6 months ago

I've been away hillwalking for three days. Amazing weather, such that I needed the factor 50 each day.

I climbed An Teallach though not the summits nor the main ridge - I got onto the ridge, looked the climb to the first munro and thought "not today!"

Another day climbing the westernmost of the Fannichs - again, I couldn't be arsed to head out to the second munro.

Yesterday was a low level walk into the main corrie beneath An Teallach. Absolutely amazing. I can't imagine a better lunch spot!

A wide angle, colour photograph of a mountain ridge and the corrie it forms. The ridge is very jagged, with many peaks along it, as well as several very steep scree slopes and cliffs. The mountain is barren, with little greenery growing on its step slopes.

At the bottom is a lochan of dark water.

Above is a crystal-blue sky containing a single small cloud. — A wide angle, colour photograph of a mountain ridge and the corrie it forms. The ridge is very jagged, with many peaks along it, as well as several very steep scree slopes and cliffs. The mountain is barren, with little greenery growing on its step slopes. At the bottom is a lochan of dark water. Above is a crystal-blue sky containing a single small cloud.

Patrick Hadfield

@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot replied · 6 months ago

There were several feral goats on the lower slopes of An Teallach. Given the affection people here for all things ovine, I thought you might like to see some capricious wild goats...

#goat #goats #Scotland

A colour photograph of two goats on a rough hillside.

The goat on the left is eating, its head down and away from the camera, its tail towards the camera. It cost is brown with light grey markings on its rear.

The goat on the right is smaller, probably a young kid, and is sideways on, its head turned towards the camera. It has a dark brown coat with white patches on its flank. — A colour photograph of two goats on a rough hillside. The goat on the left is eating, its head down and away from the camera, its tail towards the camera. It cost is brown with light grey markings on its rear. The goat on the right is smaller, probably a young kid, and is sideways on, its head turned towards the camera. It has a dark brown coat with white patches on its flank.

A colour photograph of a dark brown goat standing on a rocky hillside, looking at the camera.

The first is some way away and looking irritated at having been disturbed. It has a shaggy coat and surprisingly big jaggy horns.

In the distance are some wooded slopes, behind which are some craggy cliffs. — A colour photograph of a dark brown goat standing on a rocky hillside, looking at the camera. The first is some way away and looking irritated at having been disturbed. It has a shaggy coat and surprisingly big jaggy horns. In the distance are some wooded slopes, behind which are some craggy cliffs.

Patrick Hadfield

@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot replied · 6 months ago

And Talisker was excited to see me back. No he was! Though he was feeling more chilled later.

#cat #caturday #CatsOfMastodon

A colour photograph of a ticked tabby cat asleep on a red window seat in the sunshine.

The car fills most of the image, his head in the top right of the picture, his fore legs in the centre and his hind legs stretched out in the bottom left.

He is lit by bright sunlight from the window at the very top of the image. — A colour photograph of a ticked tabby cat asleep on a red window seat in the sunshine. The car fills most of the image, his head in the top right of the picture, his fore legs in the centre and his hind legs stretched out in the bottom left. He is lit by bright sunlight from the window at the very top of the image.

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