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Panorama of a cold winters morning on Lochnagar - the large massif within the Balmoral estate.

Check out the YouTube video now of this trip:
youtu.be/i7adiZoQkBw

#nature
#naturephotography
#landscape
#landscapephotography
#wilderness
#mountains
#sublime
#walkhighlands
#scottishhighlands
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
Snow’s landed in the high mountains up here: Two nights alone on Lochnagar | Winter Camping in the Scottish Highlands
youtu.be/i7adiZoQkBw

#walkhighlands
#tgomagazine
#scottishhighlands
#microadventures
#wintercamping
#solocamping
#scotlandoutdoors
#snowcamping
#wildcamping
#outdoorlife
#hikinguk
Two nights alone on Lochnagar | Winter Camping in the Scottish Highlands
YouTube video by Middle of Nowhere
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November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
People keep arguing that a wealth tax won’t raise much extra cash. New research alone suggest to me a strong argument for a major tax on wealth, even if only to gradually erode the level of toxic influence the super rich have on our democracy: equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
Money, Media, and Lords - Equality Trust
Introduction The relationship between wealth and democracy has always been uneasy. In principle, democracy rests on political equality, the idea that each citizen’s voice carries equal weight. In prac...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
2026 Calendars are now here, featuring my photographs and designed by my wife Eva. If you'd like one just go to the store page on my website: www.middleofnowherephotos.com/14027174-202...

#scottishhighlands #2026Calendar #walkhighlands #beautifulscotland #scotlandtravel #scottishmountains
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
Waterfalls and golden leaves lead for hundreds of metres into a canyon in northwest Scotland. Check out the YouTube video:
youtu.be/xCjoe9140bY

#scottishhighlands
#microadventures
#adventure
#scottishcanyons
#microadventure
#explore
#wilderness
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Cold night last night and this morning with fresh powdery snow up here above Glencoe 🥶

#microadventure
#explore
#landscape
#landscapephotography
#wilderness
#mountains
#sublime
#tgomagazine
#scottishhighlands
#microadventures
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
Into a nearby canyon near home. This was a beautiful autumn excursion, filled with colour and the roar of the water.
Check out the video on my YouTube channel:
youtu.be/xCjoe9140bY

#microadventure
#scottishhighlands
#adventure
#scottishcanyons
#canyoning_pictures_instagram #canyons #scottishcanyons
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
This is a great video showing the sorry state of Scotlands natural environment/forests, and how it could be different: youtu.be/MuTV1SiYeu4?...

#caledonianpineforest #scottishnature #scotlandenvironment
Scotland's Missing Forests: The Great Eco-Conspiracy
YouTube video by Lesley Riddoch
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
I’m looking for ideas, inspiration and to meet people this weekend at the Royal Geographical Society’s ‘Explore’ event today and tomorrow. Had a nice concise talk from Ray Mears before lunch!

#rgsexplore #rgs #explore #exploration
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The snow and the soft light of winter have arrived up here in the north of Scotland, seen here on the Fannich range above Loch Broom and An Teallach.

#walkhighlands #tgomagazine #scottishwinter #naturescotland
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Big diving beetles from the murky pools of the flow country bog in northern Scotland.

YouTube video of this trip is live now:
youtu.be/WANtgaaZnTI

#microadventure
#naturephotography
#wildcamp
#wilderness
#naturephotographer
#freshsnorkeluk
#snorkelscotland
#scottishwildlife
#ukinsects
#beetles
October 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Some pics from my last freshwater snorkelling excursion of this year - into the boggy pools in northern Scotland.

YouTube video of this trip is live now:
youtu.be/WANtgaaZnTI

#microadventure
#naturephotography
#wildcamp
#wilderness
#naturephotographer
#freshsnorkeluk
#snorkelscotland
October 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
Snorkelling in another Lochan Uaine (‘green Lochan’), this one between the peaks of Derry Cairngorm and Ben Macdui.

Check out the video here:
youtu.be/zX4Ei9WtnZk

#microadventure
#nature
#wilderness
#mountains
#scottishhighlands
#wildscotland
#freshsnorkeluk
#snorkelscotland
#cairngorms
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY

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September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Beneath the surface of Loch Etchachan… the largest loch in Scotland above 900m in altitude.

Check out the YouTube video here:
Snorkelling the Highest Lochs in Scotland
youtu.be/zX4Ei9WtnZk

#mountains
#walk-highlands
#tgomagazine
#scottishhighlands
#freshsnorkeluk
#snorkelscotland
#cairngorms
September 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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The intro to my latest YouTube video, out tonight. Snorkelling in Britain’s highest waters!

#microadventure
#wildcamp
#wildcamping
#wilderness
#mountains
#sublime
#walkhighlands
#scottishhighlands
#microadventures
#wildscotland
#freshsnorkeluk
#snorkelscotland
#cairngorms
#wildswimminguk
September 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
The horse leech (Haemopis sanguisuga) is one of the UK’s largest leech species. This one was in the Cairngorms ‘Green Lochan. Check out the video where I snorkel in this murky spot:
youtu.be/oI1nVv5RG3I

#leech #horseleech #ukleech #ukinvertebrates #scottishwildlife #pondlife #freshwaterwildlife
September 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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A mob of angry drunken men screaming abuse outside an asylum hotel have defended their actions, saying all they want is for women and girls to feel safe walking the streets.

From the new Private Eye, out now.
September 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
New video out tonight: Exploring the underwater worlds of Loch Coruisk and the Cuillin lochans
youtu.be/xHzAp_kn3as

#microadventure #nature #wildcamp #wildcamping #wilderness #mountains #walkhighlands #scottishhighlands #microadventures #scottishlandscapes #freshsnorkeluk #snorkelscotland
Exploring the underwater worlds of Loch Coruisk and the Cuillin lochans
YouTube video by Middle of Nowhere
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August 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
Snorkelling in the green lochans of Coire na Poite on the Applecross Peninsula in northwest Scotland recently. Check out the YouTube video at:
youtu.be/1HmRS822RXg

#microadventure
#nature
#tgomagazine
#scottishhighlands
#microadventures
#wildscotland
#freshsnorkeluk
#snorkelscotland
August 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
What a stunning spot for a freshwater explore this was:
youtu.be/1HmRS822RXg

#microadventure #nature #wildcamp #wildcamping #wilderness #mountains #sublime #walkhighlands #scottishhighlands #microadventures #mountainphotography #scottishlandscapes #wildscotland #freshsnorkeluk #snorkelscotland
Diving into a hidden paradise on the Applecross Peninsula
YouTube video by Middle of Nowhere
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August 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
Britain’s ‘most remote ‘significant’ cave’ a few weeks ago in the back country out behind Ben Mor Assynt in northwest Scotland.

Check out the video on YouTube:
youtu.be/hPGKf0HwiY4

#microadventure
#explore
#wilderness
#walkhighlands
#tgomagazine
#scottishhighlands
#ukcaving
#ukcaves
June 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
fearguscooney.bsky.social
Some of my work now up on semi-permanent display at the Old Hall Cafe in Kinlochewe, and some of my cards are on sale there too.

#Highlandphotography #scottishhighlands #nc500
June 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM