Scotland Road-trip August 2022 Day 5

We start this edition of the blog at the end of Day 4 as we had reached the stunning location of Elgol, the quite hamlet sits on a glacial loch and is surrounded by the most incredible mountain ranges off in the distance, I had only seen a handful of images of here before and one of those being Diarmuids, so I had little expectations other then wild waves and finally I would get to take some seascape shots, but seascape with a difference. Normally my horizon is clear with the odd ship sitting of crossing in my path, this location promised peaks to die for and the clouds that were building looked like they were going to be dare I say EPIC

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Scotland Road-trip August 2022 Day 4

As we started into day 4 of our adventure, spirits were high and we woke at 5am to prepare for the hike up towards the stunning Old Man of Stor, which was still being covered by flowing clouds just like the evening before, now Diarmuid had warned me that it was quite a considerable hike and not to under estimate it, so with this in mind I was up and ready before both of them and headed off in earnest towards the destination, with the words of advice from Diarmuid ringing around in my head, “when you get to the fork in the path, turn left “

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Scotland Road-trip August 2022 Day 3

Day three started in the same way as day two had begun, we had arrived at our destination of choice Neist Point at Sunset the night before and after another night of great food, company and a couple of drinks we were treated to an unmerciful wind that at times felt like it was going to knock us over the edge, thankfully it didn’t however when we we we even found it hard to open the van doors, the wind what that powerful.

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Photography Roadtrips come highly recommended

Packing your bag for a one day adventure is one thing, however packing your bag for a multiple day adventure is something totally different and comes with many new considerations. 2022 was my year of road trips, making three in total with my wingman Diarmuid O Donovan, and in this Blog I will share some of my highlights, insights and learnings that each one gave me !

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