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28 February  2011
Loch Voil, near Balquhidder


(Ref 888)
2 February  2010
Late afternoon light catches the snow-topped Ben Lomond on Loch Lomond, as seen from Balloch.


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7 January  2010
Panoramic view from Back of Keppoch near Arisaig across the Sound of Sleat towards Skye and the Cuillins.


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5 January  2010
Riverside at the River Clyde in Glasgow, featuring the Finnieston Crane and the Clyde Arc (the "Squinty Bridge").


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3 January  2010
Last day of the Christmas fair at George Square, Glasgow.


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3 January  2010
Scottish Premier League.  Celtic 1 Rangers 1 at Celtic Park.
Sasa Papac gets to grips with Georgios Samaras, much to Tony Mowbray's indignation.


(Ref 883)
24 December 2009
Pap of Glencoe and Loch Leven.
The Pap of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: Sgurr na Cěche) is a mountain on the northern side of Glencoe, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies at the western end of the Aonach Eagach ridge, directly above the point where the River Coe enters Loch Leven.


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16 December 2009
Paisley Town Hall and the White Cart Water.


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15 December 2009
Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde at sundown, as seen from the shore at Troon, Ayrshire.  Ailsa Craig (Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an island in the outer Firth of Clyde, Scotland where granite was quarried to make curling stones.  The now uninhabited island is formed from the volcanic plug of an extinct volcano.


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30 November 2009
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It is named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland. The two canals were previously connected by a series of 11 locks, but by the 1930s these had fallen into disuse, were filled in and the land built upon.


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29 November 2009
Music, colour and light will exploded at  Strathclyde Country Park as Scotland’s National Firework Competition rocketed into action.  About 20,000 people turned out  to watch as three professional firework companies battled it out for the title of Scottish National Firework Champion 2009.


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25 July 2009
Glasgow's River Festival , a two-day family event centred on the Clyde near the SECC and Science Centre. Started 2004.  This year there were jet-ski demonstrations from the Jet Sport Racing Association including spectacular stunts from four times World Pro Freestyle Champion, Lee Stone.


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June 2009
Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire.  Peter the Teddy Bear among the lupins in the garden at the Shiells.


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25 May 2009
In the Board Room, Celtic Park.  Left to right: Bobby Lennox, Sean Fallon, Andy Cameron.  They were attending a tribute night for 'Lisbon Lion', Stevie Chalmers.


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19 May 2009
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow.  Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy, enjoys a joke with entertainer Angus Deayton at a charity match.


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 22 February 2009
Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park, Glasgow.  A charity fund-raising night in aid of the Tommy Burrns Skin Cancer Trust.
Frank McAvennie with the winner of a spoof 'Blind Date' contest.

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21 January 2009
Hampden Park, Glasgow.  Martin Keown (former Arsenal and England footballer) and Paul Hartley (Celtic) are present to launch an educational project sponsored by BY, entitled "communicating for Success)


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December 2008
Ben Nevis from Corpach Basin on the Caledonian Canal.   Ben Nevis (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Nibheis) is the highest mountain in the British Isles. It is located in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William.  The summit is 1,344 metres (4,409 ft) above sea level.
The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William which was constructed by Thomas Telford.  The canal runs some 62 miles (100 km) from northeast to southwest. Only one third of the entire length is man-made, the rest being formed by Loch Dochfour, Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy.


(Ref 882)
6 November 2008
"I didn't do nuthin', meester!"
Champions League.  Celtic v Manchester United at Celtic Park, Glasgow.  Celtic 1 Manchester United 1.

 


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October 22 2008
Tobermory is the capital of the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is located in the north-eastern part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull. With a current population of approximately 700, the town was founded as a fishing port in 1788, its layout based on the designs of Dumfriesshire engineer Thomas Telford.
Recently, the town played host to its almost-namesake Balamory for 3 years (2002-2005).


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September 27 2008
Celtic v Aberdeen in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League.  Artur Boruc in action. 
Boruc was born February 20, 1980 in Siedlce and is a Polish football player. He is a professional goalkeeper for Celtic and also represents the Poland national football team.


(Ref 833)
June 27 2008
In June 2008, classic yachts designed by William Fife returned to their birth place to participate in the regatta. The boats were designed and built in Fairlie, Firth of Clyde. In 1998 there was a gathering of 11 Fife yachts to celebrate the centenary of Eric Taberley’s Pen Duick, and in 2003  there was a gathering of 22 Fife yachts to celebrate the centenary of Moonbeam III.   In 2008 22 yachts gathered to celebrate the centenary of Viola. You can read more about the Fife family on www.fiferegatta.com.


(Ref 700)
May 25 2008
Phil O'Donnell Tribute Match at Celtic Park.
PHIL O’DONNELL was only 35-years-old when he died on December 29, 2007.  It was an event that will forever overshadow everything else that happened in Scottish football in season 2007/08.
Phil had used his God-given talents to the very best of his ability and had excelled at a sport, and with two clubs, that he loved, and it is a fitting tribute that a football match was held between those two clubs.
The game allowed supporters of Motherwell and Celtic, as well as fans of every club, to pay their own respects to a very fine footballer.

May 21 2008
Kan-Do project teenagers (under the auspices of Tony Fitzpatrick) in the kitchens at the Hilton, Glasgow.
Tony Fitzpatrick was a Scottish football player and manager.
He made a record 351 league appearances for St Mirren between 1973 and 1979 and then between 1981 and 1989, playing for Bristol City in the two intervening seasons.
During his time with the Paisley club he captained them to the 1987 Scottish Cup Final and made a substitute appearance as the team defeated Dundee United to lift the trophy.
He also managed the club between 1988 and 1991 and again between 1996 and 1998.
He now runs Kan-Do Sports, working with teenagers seeking to return to employment.


(Ref 699)
May 10 2008
Hibernian Ladies win the Unite Scottish Women's Cup at McDiarmid Park, Perth, defeating Celtic LFC 3-1 after extra time.


(Ref 698)
May 2 2008
Shunsuke Nakamura (中村 俊輔 born June 24, 1978) demonstrates his free-kick technique during the filming of a UEFA coaching video at the Celtic Training Ground, Lennoxtown.  As he was filmed facing a defensive wall and a goalkeeper, he scored 8 out of 10, hitting the bar and the post with the other two.  Wow!


(Ref 587)
April 18 2008
Fettercairn Distillery.  The village of Fettercairn is situated in the fertile Howe of Mearns at the foot of the Grampian Mountains. It is easy to see why the area was popular with illicit distillers and smugglers. The land provided the barley and water and the mountains the hiding places to avoid the excise officers.
Land owners turned a blind eye to the illegal distilling as the practice provided an outlet for the barley grown on their estates and so in turn paid their rent. 
When the Excise Act was passed in 1823, it was the second distillery to be licensed.


(Ref 586)
April 21 2008
Crathes Castle.  Crathes Castle is a 16th century castle near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This harled castle was built by the Burnetts of Leys and was held in that family for almost 400 years. The castle and grounds are currently owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland and are open to the public.
It was completed in 1596 by Alexander Burnett of Leys, and an additional wing added in 18th century. Alexander Burnett.


(Ref 585)
April 21 2008
Daffodil cultivation in the Howe of the Mearns, near Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire.
There is no official record of the development of bulb growing in Scotland as statistics relating exclusively to this crop have been collected only since 1971. However in common with the general development in Britain many town nurserymen would probably have commenced to grow bulbs for the production of flowers from 1880 onwards.
After the Second World War, when restrictions on horticultural cropping were lifted, a small number of farms took up bulb production. To the fore in this development was Mr R S M.Milne of Dykelands, Laurencekirk.


(Ref 581)
February 20 2008
Thierry Henry scores for Barcelona at Celtic Park in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League.
Celtic 2 Barcelona 3.


(Ref 582)
February 12 2008
Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a precipitous rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles south of Stonehaven. Its surviving buildings are largely of the 15th-16th centuries, but an important fortress certainly existed on this site from Dark Age times. Dunnottar played an important role in the history of Scotland from the Middle Ages through to the Enlightenment, due to its strategic location overlooking the shipping lanes to northern Scotland and also being situated on a fairly narrow coastal terrace that controlled land movements, particularly the land access to the ancient Causey Mounth, the only medieval route from the coastal south via Portlethen Moss to Aberdeen.  The site, now owned by private interests but open to the public, is visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists annually.
 


(Ref 583)
February 11 2008
St Cyrus Beach.
St. Cyrus, sometimes known as Saint Cyrus, is on the A92 road that runs from Fife up to Stonehaven where it joins the A90 and continues to Aberdeen and beyond. St Cyrus NNR (National Nature Reserve) lies between the village and the North Sea. The cliffs and dunes provide a national important habitat for flowering plants and insects.

 


(Ref  584)
February 10 2008
Sundown and moon up at Laurencekirk, Howe of the Means, Kincardineshire..

January 19 2008
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink in Celtic v Kilmarnock at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premier League.
an Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink (born November 7, 1978 in Oldenzaal) is a Dutch football player who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic. He plays in the position of striker.

(Ref 559)
October 3 2007
Cafu.
Marcos Evangelista de Moraes, better known as Cafu, is a two-time FIFA World Cup winning Brazilian footballer, currently a defender for Italian Serie A club AC Milan.  Cafu has made 142 appearances for Brazil.
Angus's thoughts:  Maybe as good as Danny McGrain.  Well,  just,  "maybe".

 

September 6 2007
"Fit for Life" Project – a project for primary 6 pupils in the east end of Glasgow providing education in health, diet and fitness.  The culmination of the project was a disco for the youngsters.

(Ref 558)
August 2 2007
Angus meets Billy Connolly for a photo-shoot.
"Hal-loah!  I've met you before.   Dennistoun, eh?  Dennistoun's posh!"


(Ref 557)
June 27 2007
Houstoncolour outing on the Firth of Lorne. We sailed on Porpoise II with David Ainsley.  Visit his website (above).  We saw at close hand porpoises, dolphins, seals, deer, wild goats, eagles, a white-tailed eagle, a buzzard, puffins, gannets, guillemots and a whole range of seagulls.
The Firth of Lorne (Scottish Gaelic: An Linne Latharnach) is a body of water on Scotland's west coast, in Argyll and Bute. It lies between the Isle of Mull to the north-west and the Isles of Kerrera, Seil and Luing (the Slate Islands) along with parts of the Scottish mainland southwest of Oban on the southeast side. The firth's width ranges from 5 to 10 km. It is about 25 km long.
Tidal conditions in and around the Firth of Lorn cause a number of interesting phenomena, such as the Falls of Lora at the outlet of Loch Etive, and whirlpools and standing waves in the Gulf of Corryvreckan between Scarba and Jura.
 


(Ref 556)
June 23 2007
Demonstration by Strathclyde fire Brigade on the effect of adding a tiny quantity of water to a chip pan fire.

June 22 2007
Dance display at Whitehill Secondary School, Glasgow.


(Ref 555)
May 25 2007
Simple Minds performing in Glasgow.    Simple Minds is a rock band from Scotland, which had its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. The band, from Glasgow's Southside, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work.
Simple Minds has had a string of successful hit singles over the years, and the band is known for its number-one worldwide smash, "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club.
Founding members Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitar), along with drummer Mel Gaynor, are the core of the band, which currently features Mark Taylor on keyboards and Eddie Duffy on bass guitar.

 

May 19 2007
Glasgow Schools' Football Association League Championship Finals.  Division Four (under 14)  Hermitage Academy (Helensburgh) defeated All Saints' Secondary School in Barmulloch, Glasgow to win the trophy.

 


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May 12 2007
John Higgins, Word Champion snooker player, shows off his newly-won trophy in Glasgow.
 

May 8 2007
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow.  "Fit for Life" Project – a collaboration between Rangers and Celtic


All pictures © Angus Johnston


 
April 30 2007
Nursery School, Glasgow.


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April 29 2007
Shunsuke Nakamura lifts the Bank of Scotland Premierleague trophy at Celtic Park Glasgow.
Shunsuke Nakamura (中村 俊輔 born June 24, 1978) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Celtic of the Scottish Premierleague. He is the most prominent and successful Asian player to play in Europe now and on 13 September 2006 became the first Japanese player to score in the Champions League and the second Asian player to do so.
He has won the Asian Cup in 2000 and 2004 with the Japanese national football team, and was named Most Valuable Player in the 2004 competition. He has also appeared in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and the 2000 Summer Olympics as a member of the Japanese Under-23 team.


(Ref 0098)
April 8 2007
The moon setting over Buachaille Etive Mor, Glencoe.
Buachaille Etive Mor is a magnificent mountain of four distinct peaks standing at the head of Glen Etive and overlooking the north-west corner of Rannoch Moor. The best known view of the mountain is from the north and east, from where the great rocky cone of Stob Dearg is the outstanding feature of the mountain. Extending south-west from Stob Dearg, a 7-kilometre long ridge goes over two Tops, Stob na Doire and Stob Coire Altruim, and ends at Stob na Broige, another very steep and rocky peak overlooking lower Glen Etive.


(Ref 0097)
April 7 2007
Celtic Park, Glasgow.  Celtic and Scotland player, Paul Hartley, poses questions for the Motherwell defence in the Scottish Premierleague match.  Result:  Celtic 1  Motherwell 0..


(Ref 0066)
April 6 2007
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.  Pure Magic (A Tribute to Queen and Freddie Mercury).   Pure Magic is one of a few tributes that presents a performance of Queen classics.


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April 3 2007
Kilgraston School - a boarding school at Bridge of Earn, near Perth.  Formerly a convent school, Kilgraston is now an independent Catholic charitable trust that warmly welcomes girls of other denominations and faiths who make up a large proportion of the pupils  It's a pity all our schools do not look like this .  .  .  .  .


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March 25 2007
The Celtic Football Club Youth Academy under-eleven team plays one of its first-ever eleven-a-side matches. 
Brought up on Soccer Sevens, the youngsters enjoyed playing against the Hutchison Vale FC under 12 team at Barrowfield.
Celtic 2    Hutchison Vale 0.
 

 
(Ref 0063)
March 19 2007
Falkirk manager, John Hughes, and former Rangers player, Derek Ferguson, share a joke at an SFA coaching course at Stirling University.


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March 11 2007
Lisbon Lions John Clark and Bobby Lennox meet current player Thomas Gravesen at a function in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.


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Sunday March 11 2007
Scotland's main religious leaders with Jack McConnell and John Reid on the pitch prior to Rangers v Celtic at Celtic Park

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