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Category Archives: Prose

Sunset on Cairngorm

I needed a moment to pause as I took in the ridge that I was about to climb. ‘Oh boy. Here we go.’ Sometimes I think it would be niceContinue reading “Sunset on Cairngorm”

Posted byDavid RussellApril 21, 2021April 21, 2021Posted inLandscape, Long Form, Photography, Prose, WritingTags:Cairngorms, Highlands, Landscape Photography, Scotland, Sunset1 Comment on Sunset on Cairngorm

Come Further Up, Come Further In

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“Over the garden fence, behind the railway and the cherry trees, the Cairngorms are waiting. They should be more than a mere background to life.”

Posted byDavid RussellOctober 6, 2020April 2, 2021Posted inLandscape, Long Form, ProseTags:Cairngorms, Highlands, Hillwalking, Photography, Writing1 Comment on Come Further Up, Come Further In

The Oaks of Sunart

As soon as the man on the phone stopped shouting at me and hung up, I made up my mind about going away. A few minutes later I had aContinue reading “The Oaks of Sunart”

Posted byDavid RussellJune 27, 2020April 2, 2021Posted inLandscape, Photography, Prose, WritingTags:Ardnamurchan, Celtic Forest, David Russell, Highlands, Nature, Nature Connection, Scotland, Trees3 Comments on The Oaks of Sunart

Land the Person

It occurred to me the other day, while I was walking up a hill through long grass beneath shady birch trees, that the most important and enduring relationship we haveContinue reading “Land the Person”

Posted byDavid RussellJune 13, 2020April 2, 2021Posted inProse, WritingTags:Climate Change, Conservation, David Russell, Highlands, Landscape, Nature Connection, ScotlandLeave a comment on Land the Person

Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time

On a cloudy October morning in 2008, I quietly opened the door of Ling Hut, where we had arrived in darkness the night before, stepped out into the damp airContinue reading “Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time”

Posted byDavid RussellMay 30, 2020April 2, 2021Posted inLandscape, Photography, Prose, WritingTags:Beautiful, David Russell, Highlands, Nature, Scotland, TorridonLeave a comment on Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time

Looking Closely at Things

One of the great joys that photography can bring you is the ability to notice things that other people can’t see. I mean this fairly literally – until you learnContinue reading “Looking Closely at Things”

Posted byDavid RussellMay 16, 2020April 2, 2021Posted inLandscape, Photography, Prose, WritingTags:Connection, David Russell, Highlands, Nature, ScotlandLeave a comment on Looking Closely at Things
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