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I have recently returned from at Trip to the North West Scotland that included spending a bit of time on Skye and at Plockton. This was really a little holiday and included quite a bit of walking and as per usual the odd bit of photography. As is customary with these kinds of trips to the North West of Scotland, the weather varies from one day to the next from extensive rain to lovely sun and I have enlcosed a couple below. I hope to get some of these pictures up in the gallery shortly.

The Quiraing and Trotternish, Isle of Skye




The Old Man of Storr



Sligachan and the Black Cuillin



The Cuillins looking down the Sound of Raasay

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The recent beautiful weather in early April in Cumbria has been followed by a bit of a cold "lion" snap which means the tops have had a covering of snow and even down to lower levels. This has meant its time to get the winter gear out again. The sun though is begining to come up real early at the moment so I think it might be a while before I get any more dawn shots like this one taken with views over to the Howgills with The Calf visible on the horizon.

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Hoping to get out in the hills over the next few weeks so watch this space for new posts and hopefully some more sunsets.

A lovely morning in the Eden Valley with a snow capped Cross Fell and swirling mists in the valley. The dogs have spent quite a bit of time in the car the last couple of days on the M6 so we needed a good walk and a swim to shake off some of that excess energy.

This picture was taken at the end of the walk and both had a good swim and they always go and sit on the bridge to await directions back (as we have numerous routes).

I'm now hoping for a couple of hours to catch up on a bit of work whilst the dogs snooze the morning away.

The weather has been fine for a couple of days and with the sunshining this meant a trip out to Ullswater with the dogs for a swim and possibly some photography. There were stunning reflections at Brotherswater and I managed to capture a couple of lovely images.

I have been out quite a bit this week doing some late afternoon walks with a view to getting a good sunset or two. Unfortunately it was not to be. However sat at home onn Friday evening the last bit of day light gave a lovely pink and orange hue to the light and lit up one or two clouds. It would have been rude not to take a picture.

I recently entered my first photography competition in Guardian Travel for January and won. The theme was "Wild" and given some of the weather we get in the Lake District, I decided on the picture above from a recent trip to Halin Fell. On this day I experienced everything from sun, rain, wind, sleet, snow and even a whiteout. The day was made more special with the superb crepuscular light coming through the clouds in between the numerous showers. When reviewing my images of the day this one stood out amongst all of them and really captured the wildness of the Lake District all in one afternoon of taking pictures.

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Welcome to SycamoreBarn - Landscape and Dog Photography website(www.sycamorebarn.com). This is the first blog post for this new site, please feel free to explore all the images uploaded in the galleries and my portfolio of pictures. My plan is to post on a regular basis giving any news about the site and any offers we may have on at the time.

In addition we plan to share pictures in the blog to show where we have been visiting and what we are up to.

Over the next few months we hope to add some landscape and dog themed cards to the shop and other products are planned for the future.

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