The Scottish winter is refusing to materialise. This weekend I should have been in the Southern Highlands photographing backcountry skiing, but the location is yet to get a covering of snow. Which meant I had a spare couple of days, which is actually much appreciated after the chaotic last few weeks. So, missing the sea…
Insta of the Month – October 2016
Each month, I feature my best Instagram shot, as chosen by the likes and comments of my followers. Like last month, this months image was taken on my first trip to Nepal in 2014. I was watching the early morning sun, from the village of Merchermo at 4,465 meters, as it warmed the surrounding mountains….
Insta of the Month – September 2016
Each month, I feature my best Instagram shot, as chosen by the likes and comments of my followers. To kick of the series, this month’s image was taken on my first trip to Nepal in 2014, with my now wife, Katie. We were working in the mountain village of Gokyo at 5,000 meters and had…
Lyness Naval Cemetery
Last week on a cycling tour of Orkney, we took some time out to visit the Lyness Naval Cemetery on the island of Hoy. Managed by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the cemetery was started in 1915, at this time Scapa Flow was being used as the northern base of the Grand Fleet during the…
Print profits for Nepal
Two years ago my partner Katie and myself started planning two, three month trips to Nepal to volunteer for medical rescue posts high in the Himalayas. In September 2014 I made my first trip to this, the most amazing country and fell in love with the place, the culture and most of all the people. Everyone…
Nepal Earthquake
This is a brief update following Saturday’s earthquake to let everyone know that both Katie and myself are safe and well in Pheriche, if a little tired and shaken. The last 48 hours have been non-stop, with very little sleep and a lot of stress. We have just managed to reestablish our internet connection, so it…
Mother’s Necklace
At 6,812 meters Ama Dablam dominates the Himalayan skyline as you trek in to the Khumbu region of Nepal. The name Ama Dablam means “Mother’s Necklace” as the long ridges on each side of the main peak are said to be like the arms of a mother (Ama) protecting her child. Whilst the hanging glacier…
Gamow Bag
The Gamow Bag, is a portable altitude chamber used to treat victims of Altitude Illness. It was designed by Dr Igor Gamow, and was actually a by product in his search to produce at altitude chamber for athletes. A patient suffering with altitude illness, such as HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema) or HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema)…
Boudhanath
A few miles from the centre of Kathmandu lies one of the biggest stupa’s in the World and the largest in Nepal, the Buddhist stupa of Boudhanath dominates the skyline. We visited it early in the morning, arriving before the main crowds of tourists and spent several hours marvelling at it’s size and peacefulness. It…
Turkish Airlines Flight TK726
On the 4th March 2015 Turkish Airlines flight TK726 from Istanbul, a Airbus 330 crash landed at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). This resulted in the airport, Nepal’s only international, being closed for four days as there was no heavy equipment to move the disabled Airbus 330 off the single runway. An estimated 80,000 passengers were stranded,…
