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Scotland
Wordless Wednesday – Set in Stone
Reading the Landscape
![Gleann Beag](https://ardivachar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gleann-Beag.jpg)
If you live on an island a journey almost inevitably includes a ferry crossing. After a while it becomes a bit like catching a bus, but with the frisson of anticipation as to whether you will actually depart as scheduled or when you might get back home. However, I still enjoy this aspect of the
Wordless Wednesday – Hanging on
Over the sea to Skye
![Skye Lighthouse](https://ardivachar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Skye-lighthouse.jpg)
Island life is essentially about being in harmony with the rhythm of the seasons, but it is the weather that really determines what we do and when, so I have adopted the Darwinian philosophy that survival depends on the ability to adapt to the environment. Consequently I have become a creature of routine and habit;