Highlands of Shiteland.Travels and Home.

[fotorabia]

Ok...for anyone whose expecting just cars...turn off now...this is about my Highland environment..how i see it photographically...and seeing as Im driver dependent on parents...sadly I just cant wrestle the steering wheel off Mother when I spot a lump of rust in the heather..so Im throwing other dilapidated shite items into this like stranded boats and empty croft houses.

Arriving back after 3 years..our current drought conditions meant Glen Tarbet was on fire.

Wrecked trawler at Corran ferry

Volvo in Ft William

Dyane in Ft William..my step Dad had one of these in the 70s

Following an MG in Glen Tarbet..UTU in Maori means revenge..which was him slowing us up...

Sunrise ..the view from my folks house

This has been empty for at least 40 years

The Stewarts crofthouse..i hung out in this crofthouse when i was a kid in the 70s




A croft we visit as the old lady is friends with Mum so we keep a constant check on her as she lives alone.




At a garage behind the recycling centre in Ft William


Parent rushing this image..but hey..a cool old seddon Aitkenson in daily use..

Corran Ferry..the lads who work on this Ive known nrly all my life.

My step Dads beloved dizzler Kangooru..failing rear shock!...but he maintains this wee beast faithfully..

Ok..thats it for now...photography is my healing concentration just now...i will try n get more cars in i promise!

[eddyramrod]

Hey, don't mind us! I love old disused boats, Rab, you keep going!

[Lacquer Peel]

This might be one of my false memories but I'm sure I spotted a Renault Fuego last time I was in Strontian, hidden down a drive.

[michiel]

Great shots and what a fab view from your folks house.

[DodgyBastard]

This might be one of my false memories but I'm sure I spotted a Renault Fuego last time I was in Strontian, hidden down a drive.

 

 

 

[Spiny Norman]

Don't think I've ever seen a side-entry ferry before, love the old telly and the bathtub/Argocat body.

[KruJoe]

More superb photography Rabster. The light looks fantastic up there. If ever you were to move to Scotland, this it the time of year to do it, just as the evenings start to lengthen and brighten. I love The North when it's not raining.

 

This brings back memories. The small scale hill farmers around where I grew up had these little sheep trailers. They rarely had Land Rovers, and used to chug down to market with them behind the old David Brown, a rusty Escort van, or a beat-up Chevette.

[skattrd]

Great pics Rab!

 

I lived in the Highlands and Islands for a few years a while back and do miss the scenery. I'm picking up a new motah in Edinburgh in a couple of weeks and am toying with a mini break visiting the West coast.

[Volksy]

Great photos, glad you're out and about with the camera!

[andrew e]

Yo Rab, as your local with a compact I accidentally caught the six day trial a few years back - I'm no biker, but the skill involved was mighty impressive worth a wander

 

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[brickwall]

The Highlands used to be full of yards and deserted scraps of ground full of old chode. The price of land and stuff had meant many were sold of for posh hooses, but they are still there.

[Lacquer Peel]

The Highlands used to be full of yards and deserted scraps of ground full of old chode. The price of land and stuff had meant many were sold of for posh hooses, but they are still there.

 

Aye, gentrification of the Highlands.

[dollywobbler]

That 2CV doesn't look too bad. What's the story with it?

[AnthonyG]

Fascinating stuff Rab, keep the photos coming. Love the fact that the abandoned cottage is left alone to the point that the mid 1970s TV is still in place (is it a Murphy one by any chance?). The G wagens remind me I saw a really badly customised one on the M5 en route to Longbridge, it had fibreglass arches and circular rear lights. Looked a really bad North Korean copy of one.

[scooters]

Inner hebredies always brilliant for chod. smaller isles Privately owned and usually the roads have nothing to do with council. The natives import chod to use on island, when it dies it gets abandoned. Used to be a great collection on Eigg, going back to 30's in vintage.

[scooters]

Inner hebredies always brilliant for chod. smaller isles Privately owned and usually the roads have nothing to do with council. The natives import chod to use on island, when it dies it gets abandoned. Used to be a great collection on Eigg, going back to 30's in vintage.

 

Infamous Eigg story...the owner-landlord Schellenberg refused to pay the islanders poll tax circa 1990..was quite dictatorial in nature and rather unliked...he was famous for his vintage Blower Bentley..strangely one night his garage that contained the million quid shitter exploded in flames...a fuel leak in the form of an empty whiskey bottle with a snotty hanky stuffed in the neck....he took the hint..sold the island...

 

Met him a few times, right twunt. Shame about the car but it went for a good cause!

[fotorabia]

Inner hebredies always brilliant for chod. smaller isles Privately owned and usually the roads have nothing to do with council. The natives import chod to use on island, when it dies it gets abandoned. Used to be a great collection on Eigg, going back to 30's in vintage.

 

Infamous Eigg story...the owner-landlord Schellenberg refused to pay the islanders poll tax circa 1990..was quite dictatorial in nature and rather unliked...he was famous for his vintage Blower Bentley..strangely one night his garage that contained the million quid shitter exploded in flames...a fuel leak in the form of an empty whiskey bottle with a snotty hanky stuffed in the neck....he took the hint..sold the island...

 

Met him a few times, right twunt. Shame about the car but it went for a good cause!

 

Back in my snotty kid nose days.we did a jaunt over there..I sole kid with Mum and hippy company..as we were passing Schellenbergs house..Mums boyfriend..as ballsy n funny as ever...went and knocked on the Lords door..he answered and John said..Oi mate..its me Missus' birthday..can we borrow the Bentley and drive around the island...and was told to fark off by said gent!

[Junkman]

Tellya wot, chaps - Houseshite comes right after Autoshite on my Shitescale.

[gearoil]

What's the story with the ship Rab..??

[KruJoe]

There's a Pogweaseled Astra just like that knocking around Skipton - must get a picture sometime.

And the W123's - on the rare occasions that I'm near Landan I'm surprised at the numbers of them soldiering on. Bet you're missing yours, eh Rab?

[Parky]

My office overlooks the Stubnitz, I wonder what the story is with that ship too?

 

During the Olympics that bit of the wharf was stuffed with super yachts and the German Olympic teams ferry!

[andrew e]

Either that lurid green 96 has win doppelgänger, or I spotted it going north on the Grays Inn road monday about 09:30... How's the exhibition going Rab?

[michiel]

^ ^

 

Couldnt find a photo, but here's a flyer from 2005 when I played on Stubnitz (with Pfaff). Great concept.

 

[Minimad5]

Great set of pictures Rab !

Hope the trip to "Blighty" is doing you well mate.

[michiel]

Love this (and the rest). I imagine these houses are unbelievably smelly...

 

[michiel]

the bloody power was still on!

 

Eeek! Someone´s still paying their bills then...

[dollywobbler]

Great stuff. Love the shot of the Mini.

[Spiny Norman]

Aye, doesn't take long for even industrial strength chod to dissolve in the damp and drizzle of Scotland.

[KruJoe]

Wow, that's quite a dump you've had today Rab! Good to see you back.

 

How long before we see this on eBay with a four figure reserve?

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

 

 

 

 

 

Was there a specific reason for leaving this rather attractive lady in distress behind?