#Ballachulish

[henk-heijmans]

'Lochaber Light' highland, Ballachulish, Scotland, 2016 - by Robert Birkby, English

[vox-anglosphere]

The Devil's Staircase in the vale of Glen Coe, haunted since 1692

[johnschneiderblog]

Highland fling

All that sunshine we had in Edinburgh …? It was just a fluke. We spent Sunday in the Highlands, where the true essence of Scotland revealed itself.

We're staying at the Ballachulish Hotel (middle photo), just a few miles from the peaks of Aonach Dubh, Beinn Fhada and Gearr Aonach - the mountains known collectively as the Three Sisters of Glencoe.

We hiked the valley spread out like a colorful blanket laid at the feet of the Sisters. Later, we strolled the picture-perfect streets of the village Glencoe.

Today we're bound for the Isle of Skye.

[alexisgeorge]

10 mai:

West Highlands J4

[2t2r]

Les magnifiques paysages sauvages de la vallée de Glen Coe

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/les-magnifiques-paysages-sauvages-de-la-vallee-de-glen-coe/

Les magnifiques paysages sauvages de la vallée de Glen Coe

[andivebeenaforestfire]

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[maureen2musings]

Glen Coe, Ballachulish

Sinitta Leunen

[penny-anna]

i looked up the article about Frome and apparently one of the other ones voted hardest to pronounce is Ballachulish in Scotland and i was like surely that one's not actually hard to pronounce its just scottish but then i looked it up and apparently the 'ch' isn't pronounced as in 'loch' so now i don't know what to think

[thesilicontribesman]

Ballachulish Figure, 600BCE, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh

[scotianostra]

Good Morning from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Sunrise over Loch Leven from Ballachulish.

���Steve Millington on Flickr

[vox-anglosphere]

Blackrock Cottage - a shelter for hikers along the West Highland Way

[theweeowlart]

⭐️New⭐️

I have fond memories of watching these birds messing about on the shinty field at Ballachulish in Glencoe, but I decided to draw them in a more traditional setting…

[forfeda-project]

GODSTONES - NUADA

Nuada is portrayed in the lore as a noble king and warrior, who wields a magical sword and sacrifices both his hand and his kingship to aid the Tuatha Dé. He appears in such tales as The Fate of the Children of Tuireann and both Battles of Moytura. He may also be an ancestor of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, and may be related to (or identical with) Nechtan.

This is an art series depicting the Gaelic gods as ancient statues, with designs loosely inspired by historical finds, such as the Boa Island and Tandragee idols from Northern Ireland, and the Ballachulish Figure from Scotland. In this piece, Nuada is pictured with his signature sword and silver hand.

(I promise I'm not dead, just been busy! New stuff coming soon)

[ancestorsalive]

Ancient Ballachulish Goddess from Scotland.

Ballachulish is a small seaside village in the Scottish Highlands where this figure known as the Ballachulish Goddess was found. She is now in the National Museum in Edinburgh.

She is a figure carved from a single alder tree with stones for eyes and was dug up from the peat in Ballachulish and found with a stand of woven branches like the ones behind her. She may have been the Cailleach as this mountain was near where she stood looking out to the straits of Loch Linnhe.

[greenjudy]

It's ready to ship.

The fruit of more than 5 years of searching, saving, waiting. A Starfish Glencoe in maple: 34 strings, staved back construction, Camac levers, gut-strung. Tension high for a lever harp, designed for the Scottish clarsach tradition, not the lower-tension Irish tradition. Maple for purity of tone and faster decay, allowing for better articulation, especially on the bass end.

I've been low-key in mourning for my spectacular old Pratt Chamber Harp, which I was privileged to own and play for about 8 years, and finally had to give up because of where I live--super, super remote, in a tiny space with unpredictable heat and humidity.

This baby is half the weight of the Pratt and a fraction of the size, with a ton of projective power. It will fit in the back seat of a car and the corner of my room. I can't wait to hear its voice.

Next: it takes a journey from Ballachulish. Pouring rain here, so we are in a holding pattern for the next few weeks.

When it arrives, I'll record some noodling on it; don't expect much, I only play for myself, but it might be fun to hear how it sounds.