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Bookends 2017
Kenneth Stevens launches this year's event.

Bookends festival Sep 2016

The small hall at the Victory hall Benderloch after temporary conversion for use
as a Reading room and Lecture space for the Bookends festival, Sept 2016

Clouds

Seen over Benderloch 14 March 2016. 

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Loch Leven November 3

A beautiful clear November afternoon on the banks of Loch Leven between Glencoe and Kinlochleven. 

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Loch Creran mist

November, late afternoon mist over the Loch. A couple of miles north the sky was quite clear. 

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The Queen Mary 2 at anchor off Oban
seen from Tralee Beach

The Queen Mary 2 anchored offf Oban
and the Calmac ferry the Isle of Mull
seen from Pulpit Hill Oban.

Bluebells,and late May snow from
St John's churc ballachulish

The Mamore mountains above Loch Leven with fresh
snow on May 30th

Wild garlic in bloom on the lower slopes
of Ben Lora Benderloch

In the forest, Ben Lora.

Its been a windy, cold week with three severe gales interspersed with sleet and snow and thundery hail thrown in for good measure. Several trees are down in the forest blocking one of the tracks. By Friday the wind had eased and there was a covering of snow.

Forest track blocked

Forest track blocked - a higher view

From the first picnic spot looking towards Oban

From first picnic spot looking north

Over Tralee Bay

Tralee Bay

Looking north-west over Benderloch village
with snow clouds looming

Christmas Day 2014

A fine, crisp afternoon. Ideal for a walk on the beach at Benderloch.

Late afternoon cycle 15 Nov 2014

Had a ride up the cycle track north of Benderloch this afternoon and got a few shots of the low sun over Loch Creran

Interesting clouds above the cycle track

Looking toewards Barcaldine Castle
(the white building)

Over Loch Creran to the Morvern hills

Wildfife shots

These photos of a red squirrel and a great spotted woodpecker were taken at the squirrel viewing place at the forestry car park Inchree, just north of Onich, November 2014.

Around Ballachulish Oct 14

Spent a few days about half an hour north of home taking pictures in the Ballachulish and Glencoe area. Autumn clours and the first snow of the coming winter.

Autumn colours in the forest

Front and back - on the side of Loch Leven

The falls in spate by the A82 road in Glencoe

Looking west along Loch Leven
to the Pap of Glencoe

The River Laroch in spate seen from
the footbridge in Ballachulish village

The first snows of winter above Ballachulish

Steve has published a book of stunning photos

"A Rugged Radiance"
This collection of my images shows the area in many lights and all seasons of the year - as I like to remember it when I'm away from the mountains, lochs and seascapes. 
Many of the photographs are taken around Benderloch but I've extended the selection through the mainly coastal areas of the east side of Loch Linnhe to include images from the Loch Etive area in the south, northwards through Glencoe and on to the slopes around Ben Nevis.

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"A Rugged Radiance" by Steve Eccles

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Christmas photos

Timber operations in Ben Lora forest have stopped for the holiday and judging by the snow cover on Dec 27th I'm sure the guys are happier to be indoors for a few days.

November cold

At the end of November we've had a prolonged spell of cold weather with windless days. These photos were taken from outside Dunstaffnage Castle just north of Oban over several days.

Looking over the bay at Dunstaffnage marina Connel Bridge marks the entrance to Loch Etive and the distant mountain is Ben Cruachan.

Rainbow

A rainbow above St Modan's church Benderloch

Migrating birds

Over the past week there's been a huge increase in the number of small birds migrating through the area. Of particular interest has been watching fieldfares (and others) stripping Rowan (mountain ash) trees of their berries in a matter of hours.

Rowan tree full of berries at Connel Bridge
prior to the irruption.

Fieldfare on Rowan

Starlings on Rowan

Aurora Benderloch

9th Oct 2012
Not the best aurora I've seen from Benderloch
but still worth looking at.

Autumn scenes - October 2012

Thistles Loch creran

Connel Bridge

Ben Lora forest and the old smithy

Sunset over north Shian, Loch Creran

Sunset from the road bridge over Loch Creran

Upper Loch Creran

Sunbeam over the Isle of Mull

Double rainbow over Benderloch

Autumn colours at the old smithy, Benderlcoh