So called because Oak (along with Crowberry) is one of my clan badges. Plant sprigs in bonnets was actually originally how clans were recognised, not by their tartan.

A blizzard comes in over Creag na h-Iolaire (pro; krek na healara)  the Crag of the Eagle. Dava moor, Highland region.

Evening light on the aspens and cliff above the Scur pool, a deep pool on a meander of the River Findhorn in Moray.

Across Loch Sunart towards Beinn Resipol just before sunrise. This may look idyllic but it was taken in summer and just look at how still it is. Those that know the Highlands are well aware of what warm and still means in the Highland summer. All the time I was out this morning I was being exsanguinated by swarms of Highland midges. Sunart in the North West Highlands.

Late sun in Torridon, the North West Highlands of Scotland. Once, in my hillwalking only days, I passed this spot to see Red deer walking across the frozen loch. Wish I’d been “taking photos” then!

Carn nan Righ - Cairn of the King. I need more like this!

On the River Nevis in Lochaber.

Beinn Alligin, one of the Torridon Giants, across Inner Loch Torridon in the North West Highlands.

Glen Affric in the North West Highlands.

It was minus 13 and a winter wonderland when I took this shot in Glen Affric in the North West Highlands of Scotland.

Pre-dawn over Loch Garry in the North West Highlands.

On the flanks of Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest hill. Lochaber, Scotland.

The River Divie in Moray, North-East Scotland.

Over Loch Garry in the North West Highlands.

Winter sun on the hills above the body of water called Lochindorb on the northern edge of the Cairngorm National Park. Highland region.

Welcome autumn colour reflects in the peaty water of the River Divie near where it joins the much larger River Findhorn in Moray, North East Scotland.

A rare pre-dawn Loch Garry in the North West Highlands.

In the woods above Dava Moor in the northern Cairngorms National Park. Highland Region.

The River Findhorn in Moray, North East Scotland.

Pre-dawn on Loch Garry in the North-West Highlands.

Winter sun catches the trees above a gorge of the River Findhorn, Moray, North East Scotland.

Taken from Carn Aosda (pro: ursda) Gaelic for ”The Cairn of Age”. The Cairngorms National Park.

Sunrise on the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye.

Across Loch Pityoulish in the Cairngorms National Park.

The River Findhorn near “Randolf’s Leap” in Moray, North-East Scotland.

Winter woderland on the River Findhorn, North-East Scotland.

Sadly now gone under a small hydro-electric plant. Lochber in the North West Highlands.

Duffus Castle near Lossiemouth, Moray, North-East Scotland.