bERRY HILLS

  • Easter Aquhorties

    Again a dark visit to Aquhorties recumbent stone circle, this time by design rather than accident! I was hoping the moon was out to play so I could investigate if the ancients watched the glowing sphere roll along the recumbent stone *but* it was of course a cloudy night. Recumbent stones are characterised by always…

  • The Bin

    Funny how sometimes you don’t know where you want to go until you start the journey. That’s the theme for this week I’d say. On Monday, the weather was pleasant and I thought to myself I needed an excursion. I was heading towards to the ruins of Browlands stone circle at Garmouth [TMA] but as…

  • Two little goofs

  • Trailcam highlights 3

    Awww bodger the badger is back! Wot a cutie. And there’s more! A deer goes for the pheasant! It seems there’s a baby stag now – possibly the child feeding with the mum before? Or is it two kids? Could be completely different deer from before of course!

  • Aberlour

    It was a bright sunny day and forgetting the state of my ankle I thought I’d climb Ben Rinnes for the first time, via the easy route. It was a beautiful drive on new routes but then I got lost and ended up getting lunch in Aberlour. I realised walking by the Spey was a…

  • Standing with Stones – A journey through megalithic Britain – The Prehistory Guys

  • A trip to Elgin

    There was another planned power cut so I asked John if he wanted to go to Elgin to the visit the local studies section in the library aaaaand of course this turned into an epic trip along the lesser known routes. And it was all the better for it! So it took us 3.5 hours…

  • Kestrel v Jackdaw: Fight for Nest Site – Robert E Fuller

    Amazing footage from Robert E Fuller in Yorkshire tracking kestrels and jackdaws contesting space.

  • Raich stone circle

    As I wrote over at Frendraught recumbent stone circle, which I visited earlier the same day, I parked in Forgue in the empty car park of the Scott Hall. I was still happy to be in the wood but after visiting the mess of Frendraught, I was hoping Raich would be in a better state.…

  • Frendraught recumbent stone circle

    Frendraught recumbent stone circle

    I went to Forgue and parked at the Walter Scott hall (in use but closed when I was there). I walked up past the school and into the woods. On reflection, it seems a strange place to put a school – right up a hill on the edge of a village – but I suppose…