KAP: Gallery 2004

"Oh no! Another page with hundreds of pictures..." Well, hopefully not. The object is not to tell you my life story, but to show you what KAP can achieve, as well as what you can photograph. Click on the images to see another or a larger view. I have more images of each subject, most at 2592 x 1944 pixels. If one of these locations means anything to you, e-mail me and I can share more shots with you.

28^th February: Cairnpapple Hill. Prehistoric Burial and Ceremonial location 3000 to 1400 BC. The image shows the main cairn from 15m, which is surrounded by satellite burial chambers and ditches. . Sutton Flowform 16 and Rig04	25^th March: House of the Binns Home of Tam Daylell MP, father of the house of Commons. Both shots from 45m The property and surrounding woodland is in the care of The National Trust for Scotland. . Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04	9^th April: Ballintoy Church, 124m North Antrim Coast of Ireland. The square tapered tower on the prominent Church of Ireland building once supported a steeple, until a storm in 1894 left the stump... . Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04	14^th May: Cairnpapple Hill Tests Checking focus performance of the Optio 550. Peter climbs into the now hollow Cairn to see the central burial tombs. Click to see the view of the whole site from 115m. . Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04
19^th May: The King's Knot, 57m Beneath Stirling Castle the earthwork remains of the Royal Gardens from 1629. Click the image to turn round 180^o, and up to 144m, to see Stirling Castle - bird's eye view! . Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04	27^th May: Blackness Castle, 57m In military use from C15 till the end of World War I, this small boat shaped castle sits on a rock on the shores of the Firth of Forth. - There is also a stereo view and Panorama. . Dopero 100 and Rig04	17^th June: Neptune's Staircase: The Impressive flight of locks on the Caledonian Ship Canal at Banavie near Fort William takes boats from near sea level up to the level of Loch Lochy as they head to Inverness. Dopero 100 and Rig04	18^th June: Bunchrew House Hotel. (34m) This impressive Victorian house on the Beauly Firth was the KAPiSCO base as we visited Inverness on our KAP Tour of Scotland. . Dopero 100 and Rig04
28^th June: The Forth Bridge (89m) Built in 1890, and carrying the east coast railway north of Edinburgh, this pinnacle of Victorian engineering dwarfs the maintenance "village" it rises over. Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04	24^th July: Kite Buggy at Gott Bay, Isle of Tiree (25m). On such a windy and sunny island, with deserted beaches, this is a great place for all sorts of "wind" pursuits. . Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04	24^th July: C13 & C14 Chapels' at Kirkapol, Isle of Tiree (~35m). The oldest buildings on the island, the smaller chapel (see larger picture) is nearly 700 years old. . Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04	25^th July: Island House, Tiree(54m) This impressive house, surrounded on three sides by water, is thought to be built on the site of an ancient "Dun", a prehistoric defensive artificial island dwelling, originally made of wood, turf and stones. Dopero 100 and Rig04
28^th July: Hynish Pier, Tiree (72m) Superbly crafted in the 1840s by Alan Stevenson to build and supply Skerryvore Lighthouse, on an uncompromising reef, 12 miles out in the North Atlantic. Complete with dry dock, and self flushing device. Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04	20^th Aug: The Falkirk Wheel: The worlds first and only rotating boat lift at Falkirk, Scotland takes barges between the Forth & Clyde and Union canals www.gentles.info/link British Waterways 2004 Lowland Canal Photo Contest - 2nd Prize. Dopero 100 and Rig04	8^th September: Sailing Tarasa A late summer evening sail from Granton Harbour, Edinburgh, on the Firth of Forth. The 8.5m 'Cobra' makes good headway in Wardie Bay with minimal sail on the 10.5m mast. . Sun Oak 9½' DC and Rig04	Also in 2004: Granton East Breakwater, The Binns Tower, Yellowcraig Beach Video, Tiree Cottages, Tiree Lodge Hotel, Heylipol Parish Church, Lord of the Isles at Gott Bay, Davidsons Mains Parish Church, Cairnpapple (minor antiquities), Bankton House (Prestonpans).

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