The Long Road North

As a Christmas present for each other we had prearranged that we would share a weekend away sometime in January, the first day of this arrangement took us up the A82 towards Hopeman on the Moray Firth via Fort Augustus, Urquhart Castle and Fort George. To fully utilise this mini-break we travel with a couple of giant red heart masks that Emma intends to use in a proposed photo/art project and also on board are some calendar templates that we aim to use in a calendar project that we are putting together for 2010.

On arrival we quickly source some locations for the calendar shots. Assembled enticingly alongside the beautiful white beach is an eclectic collection of multi coloured beach huts. As the light fades we manage to capture a few shots before enjoying an exhilarating stroll along the jagged and dramatic coastline from Hopeman to a smugglers cove, before returning to an evening meal in the Station Hotel and some light aperitifs in a local hostelry.