When the Sun Does Shine...

Dave MacLeod swings like a true Celt only can in the Cairngorm National Park

Memories of what I'll guess was the last day of summer back in Scotland. Such a nice day erased the pain of a knee injury that has left me with a comedy shaped kneecap and an evening diet of pain killers. This is the shot that Visit Scotland have chosen to promote the adventure travel trade summit in Aviemore (http://www.adventuretravel.biz/) next month.
I'm sitting updating this in Sukkur, Pakistan. The temperature outside is now 42, and the air con in my room has decided to abandon ship, so the fan cuts the pre-cooked air and recreates the inside of an oven. The moral of the story is if you are Scottish and complaining about the weather today, look on the bright side...
I'll be out here probably until December, before heading back home to Kosova. I'll soon update on what work I'm up to, but pictures of those affected by the floods will appear soon.
Until then, chicken tikka for breakfast....

Chalk Sporran...

Painkiller Photos

Dave about to get into position in his traditional climbing garb

A very quick line with a couple of sample images from last Thursday's shoot with well known media type and live broadcast superstar Dave MacLeod. I can't say too much about the shoot but the brief was mission impossible, and on one of the most beautiful days in god's country we went out to do the impossible. An incredible day was had, apart from a dislocated knee cap, but that is something else indeed. The shoot went well and I'll provide a link when they are used by the client. We seemed to race into the mountain, but struggled out, myself on a dodgy knee, Dave on a well publicised dodgy ankle, with stitches to match. I wish I could claim the romance of a rockfall on an overhanging face as the culprit for my undoing, instead a pile of heather, a hole and a rock claim the credit for my mishap...

Starting out on a big swing...

So, with the help of some painkillers I'm sitting writing with my leg in a brace, crutches to assist, and the realisation that I need to be on my feet by tomorrow. The joys of self-employment never stop! Seemed a good idea at the start. Anyway tomorrow is another day, and hopefully, leg permitting, next week is another start, as I'm due to head out to Pakistan to start a new position. If I can walk that is...

Reverse sporran...