Jim Manthorpe

VIDEO

Jim — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:38:40 +0000

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Northern Lights in Knoydart

Jim — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:43:16 +0000

Conditions were perfect: a good aurora forecast, a good weather forecast and a new moon, thus a nice dark sky.… Read the rest

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Not the Northern Lights

Jim — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:17:14 +0000

Last week the sun spewed out an enormous solar flare which we were told would light up the northern skies with a fantastic auroral display.… Read the rest

Not the Northern Lights is a post from: Jim Manthorpe

Cairngorms

Jim — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:37:51 +0000

A few shots from my walk round the Northern Corries of the Cairngorms yesterday with old pal and fellow Knoydartian Tommy. As much as I love Knoydart you can't beat the Cairngorms for a taste of the Arctic in Britain.

Cairngorms is a post from: Jim Manthorpe

Feeding the birds

Jim — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:55:45 +0000

When I let our chicken out this morning - yes, we only have one; the others have all paid the ultimate price for flirting with dogs and landrovers - I was aware of lots of birds sitting in the beech hedge nearby.

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Stars at last

Jim — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:41:44 +0000

After what feels like three months of solid rain and cloud, we finally have a little bit of high pressure tickling the west coast of Scotland, teasing us with clear skies and dry, frosty mornings.

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KNOYDART FILM

Jim — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:04:22 +0000

This short film tells the story of the efforts being made to restore the native woodlands on the Knoydart peninsula, known as the Last Wilderness in Britain.… Read the rest

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Back to Knoydart

Jim — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:53:12 +0000

After twelve days in the balmy shires of southern England I made it home to Knoydart on 2nd January.

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Yearning for sun and snow

Jim — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:05:53 +0000

In Knoydart today the sun rose at 9am and will set at 3.42pm giving us just six hours, forty-two minutes of daylight. Of course, those times are for when the sun actually rises above the horizon, assuming the horizon is unobstructed.

Yearning for sun and snow is a post from: Jim Manthorpe

Storm of the decade?

Jim — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:06:17 +0000

They said it would be windy and it was. Technically speaking the storm that hit us on 8th December wasn’t a hurricane – that name only applies to the mega-depressions that blossom in the mid-Atlantic – but the winds were hurricane force.

Storm of the decade? is a post from: Jim Manthorpe