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Aith pier with lifeboat and wind turbine
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Shetland - Aithsting
The pier at Aith, which has a marina and the most northerly lifeboat station in Britain. A wind turbine from the days before modern large installations illustrates the windiness of Shetland. In the background a haar (sea fog) shows one other aspect of Shetland weather.
20 July 2013
Oban from Pulpit Hill
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Argyllshire - Oban
Oban from Pulpit Hill, with McCaig's Tower, Oban railway station, Oban ferry terminal with Calmac ferry MV Coruisk leaving and at the North Pier cruise ship Hebridean Sky, taken by David Palmar
21 May 2023
Oban from Pulpit Hill
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Argyllshire - Oban
Oban from Pulpit Hill, with McCaig's Tower, Oban railway station, Oban ferry terminal with Calmac ferry MV Coruisk and at the North Pier cruise ship Hebridean Sky, taken by David Palmar
21 May 2023
Pitlochry Dam and the River Tummel, Perth and Kinross
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Pitlochry Dam, hydro-electric power station and the River Tummel, Perth and Kinross
23 November 2019
Boat of Garten Railway Station
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
The Strathspey Railway runs between Aviemore, Boat of Garten and Broomhill in the Cairngorms. The attraction is run by a group of volunteer train enthusiasts. The steam engine in the photo is BR Ivatt Mogul Class 2MT number 46512, which was built in Swindon in 1952 and moved to Strathspey in 1982. Photo taken at Boat of Garten Railway Station by David Palmar
23 July 2023
Boat of Garten Railway Station
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
The Strathspey Railway runs between Aviemore, Boat of Garten and Broomhill in the Cairngorms. The attraction is run by a group of volunteer train enthusiasts. The steam engine in the photo is BR Ivatt Mogul Class 2MT number 46512, which was built in Swindon in 1952 and moved to Strathspey in 1982. Photo taken at Boat of Garten Railway Station by David Palmar
23 July 2023
The Ochil Hills and the remains of Longannet Power Station
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
The Ochil Hills and the partially dismantled remains of Longannet Power Station, seen above the mudflats at the mouth of the River Avon, Kinneil, where it flows into the Firth of Forth.
28 January 2023
Penstocks and turbines, Bonnington Power Station
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South Lanarkshire -Falls of Clyde
Penstocks lead water from the Clyde into Bonnington Power Station. In the foreground is an example of a turbine used to generate hydroelectricity. Picture taken by David Palmar
08 October 2022
Power station at Ravenscraig Steelworks
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Ravenscraig steelworks in the 1970s
The power station at Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell, taken by David Palmar
29 January 2021
View south-east from Dumyat to Alloa and Grangemouth
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Stirlingshire - Dumyat
View south-east from Dumyat, showing Alloa, the widening estuary of the Inner Forth, the Clackmannanshire and Kincardine Bridges, the decommissioned coal-fired power station at Longannet, and with Grangemouth in the distance.
