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"Every statesman should do his best to avoid a war like every captain tries to avoid any shipwreck" - Guy de Maupassant https://www.instagram.com/p/B63G6ergdjf/?igshid=6fud9xshl3eh

Views by the roadside of Buachaille Etive Mòr during one of my favourite roadtrips of 2019. #scotspirit #Scotland #scotland_ig #visitscotland #glencoe #scottishlongexposures #scotlandtravel #scotlandbycamera (at Buachaille Etive Mòr) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6bgYCGA5So/?igshid=12876px6bb9j7

"The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes." (Pierre Corneille) - the grand fireplace in the Great Hall of Linlithgow Palace #Scotland #historicenvironmentscotland #historicscotland #visitwestlothian #visitscotland (at Linlithgow Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Xt4qFgl6R/?igshid=1loxqtlcg07b4

Well of Sorrows - "Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." (Henry Longfellow) - #Linlithgow #Scotland #longexposurescotland #historicscotland #canonuk #canon90d (at Linlithgow Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6VxpqSA_GU/?igshid=163ckfln7kv57

I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?.... A frosty morning at Bo'ness Harbour, Scotland #djimavicair #dronephotography #falkirk (at Bo'ness) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Nu8Klgw69/?igshid=jbds5ndd454b

"He did what any hero must: set sail. But you, you turn back. Tell me why...." Dante's The Divine Comedy - Blackness Castle looking pretty epic in today's moody light #visitfalkirk #visitscotland #historicenvironmentscotland #historicscotland #canonuk #canon90d #decathalon (at Blackness Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6LVuhZA1Ip/?igshid=1tcu5mh2brc3c

"Other sound than the owl's voice there was none, save the falling of a fountain into its stone basin; for, it was one of those dark nights that hold their breath by the hour together, and then heave a long low sigh, and hold their breath again." - Charles Dickens #ataleoftwocities #Scotland https://www.instagram.com/p/B6JuqPoAO1W/?igshid=alihvn3nt9bj

Blackmail House - "I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both." #jekyllandhyde #urbexshare #urbanphotography #canonuk #canon90d https://www.instagram.com/p/B5-j0KSgNFy/?igshid=19najymgqbzhl

"It was as though I'd been to one of those supernatural castles visited by characters in legends: once away, you do not remember, all that is left is the ghostly echo of haunting wonder..." Truman Capote #urbexshare #Scotland #loweprobags #canon90d #canonuk https://www.instagram.com/p/B58K5Ccggyn/?igshid=rm4jeop5277n

"If you want to catch beasts you don’t see every day, You have to go places quite out of the way, You have to go places no others can get to. You have to get cold and you have to get wet, too." Dr. Seuss #falkirk #muiravonsidecountrypark #lowepro #loweprobags #canonuk #canon90d (at Muiravonside Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B55Uv-8gT8g/?igshid=11zu357o1wpqd

The White Queen - On this day in 1542, Mary Queen Of Scots was born at Linlithgow Palace. Despite being classed as a colour of mourning at the time, she wore white for her first wedding and if some stories are to believed she also washed herself with white wine. #scotland #maryqueenofscots #visitwestlothian #visitscotland (at Linlithgow Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B50TzGRgamG/?igshid=1wz34qtwzcb0a

Let's get the festive mood started - snow trip to the House of the Binns from a few years ago. Did I mention that I'm off work until Boxing Day Ho Ho Ho 🎄⛄🎅 (at House of the Binns) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5u1PV2AFsB/?igshid=1mvciefi1y8x5

Many Lives - Scotland's Close, Bo'ness - Dymock's Building on the right was once a grand merchant's house before being used for more industrial purposes at the height of the whale oil industry - after a period of neglect it was restored and is now a complex of flats. The building on the left is the Library which was previously the Old West Pier Tavern - a popular haunt for merchants and sailors in the boom days of the harbour. #Scotland #visitfalkirk #visitscotland #longexposurescotland (at Bo'ness) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5r3AWMg5-c/?igshid=tnfbnspqql4f

Fading History - the mining memorial in Bo'ness - mining in the town can be traced back over 900 years to the monks at Carriden. During this time more than 200 mines existed across the town, now there are none and nature is reclaiming the sites of heavy industry. #boness #longexposurescotland #longexposure #canonuk #Scotland (at Bo'ness) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5pn-UMgzzx/?igshid=1r949o2oyigt2

It's Festive Lights Time - a festive welcome to all those passing through Bo'ness town centre - had hoped to get Corvi's in this shot but their lights were off - another time maybe! #longexposurescotland #igersscots #visitfalkirk #visitscotland #canon90d (at Bo'ness) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lLSobgnw-/?igshid=17nzwcmts03cz

The Valley of Ashes - In the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the imagery of the Valley to reveal the huge gulf between the haves and have-nots in America in the 1920s. Modern day Grangemouth - as much as 30% of Scotland's GDP goes through the town yet there are 5 datazones in Grangemouth town that fall within the 15% most deprived areas in Scotland. (at Grangemouth) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gfm-tg8Tu/?igshid=12wfmsbzd16m2

Distractions of a Modern Age - mobile phone watching whilst the world continues at speed. #canonuk #canon90d #boness #visitfalkirk #visitscotland #longexposure #longexpo_scotland (at Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5fqQ-Og1SV/?igshid=13wzv7ywborzg