So Perth finally won it's bid to regain the City status it lost back in 1975! It lost the status in a local government re-organisation but has been awarded back the city status as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations this year.

Seeing as how we have not had any proper snow yet, I thought I would post something that will remind us of what we are missing. The famous Schiehallion in Perthshire and more specifically, Kinloch Rannoch.

Many of you will have seen this image at the start of the year and on the homepage of my website but I thought I would post it to the blog as I seemed to have missed adding it here and it's that time of year!

One from earlier in the year at Clatto Reservoir taken during the year when the sun sets directly behind this tree line on a relatively calm evening. The reflections are almost perfect thanks to the 10-stop filter which 'froze' more of the reflections.

Loch Earn is a freshwater loch in the districts of Perth and Kinross and Stirling. It hosts a variety of water sports activities and you can often see water skiing and jet bikes in action.

Most of you will be aware of my recent (and continued!) success recently in several of the competitions I have entered. One that I entered recently was the Dundee Photographer of the Year competition, also known as the Annual Photographic Competition (this year being the 44th).

I paid a visit to the Northumberland coast at the beginning of the month after having to get up early to drop someone off at Edinburgh Airport for a 7am flight. Seeing as I would have 2 hours until sunrise, I headed to Bamburgh Castle for my first visit to this location.