Herb Riddle's photos

It’s not often that I show wall murals on here but I make an exception for this that depicts a subject close to my heart: railways. This is a Class 155 Super Sprinter belonging to the Northern, Trans Pennine Express company, almost in the Ukrainian flag colours. The building that it is painted on stands just in front of the main Rochdale to Manchester line in an area known as Castleton, Rochdale. These exact trains currently run up and down this line. Enjoy full size and have a good week. Our thoughts reach out to Ukraine.

We are looking down Loch Broom here towards the town and can see how much of it lies on the spit of land jutting into the Loch. It is this that gives shelter to the fishing and ferry harbour just seen here on the right. In the distance the first of the ‘Summer Isles’ can just be made out. Enjoy full screen.

As we continue to drive south we come to the small town of Ullapool and its sea loch. Loch Broom is seven miles long (five looking down from here) and is fed by the River Broom. We are here on the main Ullapool frontage looking south with its fishing harbour and the Stornoway ferry terminal to our right. As can be seen, a full range of interesting mountain ranges lie to the south and overlook the loch.. The PiP (last photo) shows more of the Ullapool street itself. Enjoy full size and remember our friends in the Ukraine.

2014. As we take a brief break in this wonderful little town of around 1500 inhabitants we feel the tourist attraction here. A busy place partially as it is the only sizable town for many miles but also because of the through traffic to the ferry for Stornaway on the Island of Harris. The town itself sits on the north east side of its most wonderful Loch Broom. The NC 500: The Scottish 'North Coast 500' is one of the world’s most beautiful road trips. A route of just over 500 miles (516) of stunning coastal scenery, white sandy beaches, rugged mountains, remote fishing villages and hidden gems.

Another look to these peaks of the Inverpolly National reserve here in Scotland. It is described as the highest of the Assynt Corbetts (Scottish hills between 2500 and 3000ft) We see again the colours of the Ukrainian flag and try to walk with them in their hour of need. Enjoy full size

HFF…. A Wessenden Reservoir walk We are here at Marsden in Yorkshire again after a gap of two years or more. This is the third one up from the village of four reservoirs. I do hope you like the fence post minus the wire leading our eye to the walkers in the distance. Enjoy this in peace, so far away from our Ukrainian neighbours this weekend and spare them a thought in their hour of need! Herb

Looking east from Loch Braigh nan Allt (I think). This is described as a fine little Corbett of 769m. In the background on the right is the famous Stac Pollaidh, a gem of a mountain at 612m described as one of the most popular mountains in Scotland with its steep pinnacled ridge liked to a porcupine Enjoy full size

Another chance to see this splendid mountain, this time from the south east. The river could be one of the many around here taking water from these high places but is most likely the Ledbeg River. Enjoy full size

As Ukraine sees devastation growing by the day we are reminded of the good things in life here. We are just north of the village and our path will take us past the building you see which is the Youth Hostel. The star of the show though is Ben Lomond itself with a nice white summit on this day after a cold wet night. Too cold with a biting wind for us to sit on the bench but a grand view all the same. The PiP show the memorial, just a short distance away from us here. Best viewed full size.

Driving south towards Ullapool we have now passed Loch Assynt with its castle and start to see the splendid mountains to the west. We have here the twin summits of Cùl Mòr at 849m and Cùl Beag (769m). This area is known as the Inverpolly National reserve. I am not sure if Stac Pollaidh is the pointed peak on the left too. Enjoy full size

A nostalgic trip back to the Canadian Rockies here with the beautiful Emerald Lake set in the YoHo National Park. A very popular location for tourist and accommodation with food to hand too, but step away just a few metres and you have this: the smell of pine trees, the plop of a fish in the water and the soft splash of a canoe paddle. pip Enjoy full size as we never know when freedom will be taken away!

HFF…. Will wars never end? A memorial to the fallen of the Great War of 1914-1919 here in the peaceful coastal village of Lochinver in Scotland. Sadly for the population in and around The Ukraine, it seems that wars will never end. The preceding photo shows the main front of Lochinver, this memorial just to the right. Enjoy this in peace, so far away from our Ukrainian neighbours this weekend and spare them a thought in their hour of need! Have a peaceful weekend. Herb

The main front of the village with the fisheries harbour to the top right. The war memorial is centre right. Best viewed full screen.

A view towards the old ruined castle of Ardreck as we pass this spot for the last time on this holiday. As is often our luck, the weather decides to be at its best for the last few hours travelling south. A full description is on the PiP page, simply click in the PiP to go there. Enjoy full size and contrast the freedom of this sight compared with what our friends in Ukraine have today.

Another dry-stone wall for you here. Taken from a very nice spot above the village of Langcliffe near Settle. The late light gives this photo a special feel as it reflects from the lime-stone and clouds. Enjoy full screen Have a good day.

Another view from this very isolated part of Scotland. A long lens here reveals the highlands around Lochinver again including the wide expanse of Suilven to the left and an area known as Coigach to the right here. Well beyond this Bay of Stoer is the nearest big town: Ullapool some 26 miles (40km) SE as the crow flies. Enjoy full size and contrast the freedom of this sight compared with what our friends in Ukraine have today.

HBM~ In memory of peace in our time Another view from above Porthtowan Cornwall. Again this stout bench is in fact a memorial. Best viewed full size. Have a great day.

Not very high really, and just out of vision from the more famous lighthouse and seastack. (PiPs) A good place for a picnic though with shelter from the constant wind by the rocks here, and with this view showing the ever-present Canisp and Suilven mountains to the south of us. A triangulation station, also known as a trigonometrical point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity. Most often designating the highest spot on a peak or mountain. As is often the case, walkers surround these points with rocks or cairns. Enjoy full size and contrast the freedom of this sight compared with what our friends in Ukraine have today.