Blog Competition at the Nerd Household

First snowy views of the season...

Snow Nerd was very excited about doing his first snow-related blog post, so I had to concede the post to him. Meanwhile, here are some final shots of Edinburgh.

The city and the Firth of Forth from Arthur's seat.

Red ship in a blue world

James amidst the chaos of moving.

Black Cat trying to sneak into our shipping boxes.

Point Roberts

Great blue heron

We spent a day down in Point Roberts where my parents have a cabin. Because we had just arrived back on the west coast, but our bodies thought we were still in Scotland, it was easy to wake up early. So we headed to the beach to watch the sun rise.

Jellyfish

The cabin

This female cross spider (Araneus diadematus) had just caught a wasp, wrapped it up and was sucking out its juices when I took this shot.

We went mushroom hunting with my parents. I got distracted by the macro mode on my camera and didn't find any edibles, but luckily everyone else shared their chanterelles with me anyways.

Red Point Beach

We spent a day at Red Point Beach in between Loch Torridon and Gairloch. Here are some of my favourite shots from the day.

Lizzie went for a swim in the Atlantic, you can just spot her getting hit by a wave. She didn't just run in and out like I would have done (had I been brave enough to attempt this), she spent a good half our in there. I got cold just watching.

Sea lichen-scape

Foamy hobbit feet

Guy and Ewan

James and Ewan hanging out in the creek.

A Final Week in the Highlands

We spent a week at cosy Aird Cottage in the Highlands before heading back to Canada.

Boats at Badachro Bay

Loch Maree

Wandering up An Tellach

On one of the summits of An Tellach.

Superb scrambling on Torridon sandstone.

Lizzie on the Ridge.

Exploring on the bikes.

There was a deluge of rain the week previous and the creek was rather full.

Wet hill walkers heading up Liathach.

On the ridge of Liathach.

Unfortunately it was too windy to do the ridge proper. We thought we'd check out the goat trail to the south of the ridge instead. Once James (ahead in red) started hanging onto grass to navigate the narrow trail with deathly consequences, the rest of the group opted to turn back. James claims the grass was very healthy and sturdy.

Looking down on Glen Torridon from Liathach during a brief moment of sunlight.

Lizzie sporting a proper Canadian touque.

Wet Keir

Loch Torridon