#inchewan

A Magic Winter Day around Dunkeld, Scotland

The area around Dunkeld is not particularly mountainous, yet it is one of the most beautiful parts of Perthshire. It is the doorstep to the Highlands and you can actually get a good glimpse of them in the distance from certain viewpoints. Recently, there has been a lot of fog and low cloud. So whenever the sun is out, it becomes a near-spiritual experience, everything being bathed in golden light of the low Winter sun, including myself. It’s a little bit like light therapy. It’s filling up a cup somewhere inside. The cherry on top were a couple trees, which were bustling with siskins. Those little yellow birds were eating berries and chatting away to one another. I must have stood there for at least 30 minutes, just watching them and trying to capture the scene. 

Inchewan Path near Dunkeld, Scotland

Birnam Falls

Inchewan Burn has a hidden waterfall, locally known as 'Birnam Falls'. To get to it involves some climbing, so we don't go there often, but this time I felt like I wanted to visit it to film a little and take photos. It is very secluded and thus has a special, quiet atmosphere. It hasn't been raining much recently, so you don't see it at its full extent here. I will return to it in the wetter seasons. After this, we continued on the path and the Oystercatchers were flying about and hunting for food. They make incredible noises, they're almost like a 'real life' Pokemon (and they look a little angry and combatative, too). That's the first thought that came into my head.