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This is the only photograph which actually has my home in it.
My home is in the village of Laide, and in the photo it's in the little cluster of houses in the foreground, looking over Gruinard Bay to one of Scotlands greatest mountains, An Teallach, below which are the beautiful pristine beaches at Little Gruinard.
Gruinard Bay is situated on Scotland's north-west coast and has, in my opinion, the widest sweeping vista's in the whole of the Scottish Highlands, perhaps even Europe I have heard other people say. I feel very privileged to live here and the above view is just a small part of a much wider panorama.
I had been commissioned by the new owner of a local hotel to provide him with an image that showed the magnificent scenery in which his hotel was located. The best spot for this was to be about one and a half kilometres up the hill behind my house, but en route I stopped to look at the view, and I thought this would make a nice shot with my home in it.
As I went on up the hill to where it levelled out, I discovered to my annoyance that the best view of the hotel meant I had to go and stand in a peat bog!! I hate doing that; there is always the fear that one day I'll sink beneath one never to be found again. An irrational fear perhaps, but it bothers me nevertheless.
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