Douglas Griffin
@douglasgriffin.bsky.social
Hillwalking; landscape & wildlife photography.
Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
https://www.douglasgriffinphotography.co.uk
Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
https://www.douglasgriffinphotography.co.uk
A video (taken by my wife) from the top of La Varella (3055m) in the Dolomites, last Monday.
That's me at the start, and an alpine chough at the end!
That's me at the start, and an alpine chough at the end!
September 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A video (taken by my wife) from the top of La Varella (3055m) in the Dolomites, last Monday.
That's me at the start, and an alpine chough at the end!
That's me at the start, and an alpine chough at the end!
On Sunday we climbed the adjacent peaks of Sief (2424m) & Col di Lana (2452m), scene of bitter high-altitude fighting between Austria-Hungary & Italy during 1915-18.
(Details via Alt tabs.)
The hills are connected by a narrow rocky ridge &, very unusually for the Dolomites, are volcanic in origin.
(Details via Alt tabs.)
The hills are connected by a narrow rocky ridge &, very unusually for the Dolomites, are volcanic in origin.
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On Sunday we climbed the adjacent peaks of Sief (2424m) & Col di Lana (2452m), scene of bitter high-altitude fighting between Austria-Hungary & Italy during 1915-18.
(Details via Alt tabs.)
The hills are connected by a narrow rocky ridge &, very unusually for the Dolomites, are volcanic in origin.
(Details via Alt tabs.)
The hills are connected by a narrow rocky ridge &, very unusually for the Dolomites, are volcanic in origin.
Just back from a week in the Dolomites.
Highlight was ascent of Piz La Varella (3055m) on Monday. 21km, 1300m ascent. In terms of effort, like a hard day in the Scottish mountains, but with a higher starting & finishing altitude. The scenery all around us, however, was from another planet.
Highlight was ascent of Piz La Varella (3055m) on Monday. 21km, 1300m ascent. In terms of effort, like a hard day in the Scottish mountains, but with a higher starting & finishing altitude. The scenery all around us, however, was from another planet.
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Just back from a week in the Dolomites.
Highlight was ascent of Piz La Varella (3055m) on Monday. 21km, 1300m ascent. In terms of effort, like a hard day in the Scottish mountains, but with a higher starting & finishing altitude. The scenery all around us, however, was from another planet.
Highlight was ascent of Piz La Varella (3055m) on Monday. 21km, 1300m ascent. In terms of effort, like a hard day in the Scottish mountains, but with a higher starting & finishing altitude. The scenery all around us, however, was from another planet.
Aviemore in the OS Map, surveyed c. 1866-1870.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Aviemore in the OS Map, surveyed c. 1866-1870.
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Some iPhone photos from Ben Avon on Sunday.
#1 The ruins of Slugain Lodge.
#2 Looking west to the Garbh Choire of Beinn a' Bhùird from above The Sneck.
#3 Looking north down An Slochd Mòr from above The Sneck.
#4 Looking across the plateau towards the summit tor, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe.
#1 The ruins of Slugain Lodge.
#2 Looking west to the Garbh Choire of Beinn a' Bhùird from above The Sneck.
#3 Looking north down An Slochd Mòr from above The Sneck.
#4 Looking across the plateau towards the summit tor, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe.
August 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Some iPhone photos from Ben Avon on Sunday.
#1 The ruins of Slugain Lodge.
#2 Looking west to the Garbh Choire of Beinn a' Bhùird from above The Sneck.
#3 Looking north down An Slochd Mòr from above The Sneck.
#4 Looking across the plateau towards the summit tor, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe.
#1 The ruins of Slugain Lodge.
#2 Looking west to the Garbh Choire of Beinn a' Bhùird from above The Sneck.
#3 Looking north down An Slochd Mòr from above The Sneck.
#4 Looking across the plateau towards the summit tor, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe.
Another Munro ticked off today - Ben Vane, one of the Arrochar Alps. Great wee hill with tremendous views. This is looking SE towards Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond towering above it. To the SW, we could see the hills of Arran behind The Cobbler.
August 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Another Munro ticked off today - Ben Vane, one of the Arrochar Alps. Great wee hill with tremendous views. This is looking SE towards Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond towering above it. To the SW, we could see the hills of Arran behind The Cobbler.
Last of the Monadhliath Munros for me today - Càrn Dearg. Barren landscapes but quite poignant in places - the ruins of a former township in lower Gleann Fionndrigh and then, in Gleann Ballach, loads of ancient tree remnants among the peat hags.
July 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Last of the Monadhliath Munros for me today - Càrn Dearg. Barren landscapes but quite poignant in places - the ruins of a former township in lower Gleann Fionndrigh and then, in Gleann Ballach, loads of ancient tree remnants among the peat hags.
Photographed one in our house here in Aberdeenshire, back in 2023!
July 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Photographed one in our house here in Aberdeenshire, back in 2023!
Back in the mountains today. 🏴
Very early start to escape worst of the heat. 2 Munro summits, Stob a’ Choire Mheadhoin (photo 2) & Stob Coire Easain (photo 1). Plus me (photo 3)!
16.5km, 1200m ascent. Time for beer and pizza now…
Very early start to escape worst of the heat. 2 Munro summits, Stob a’ Choire Mheadhoin (photo 2) & Stob Coire Easain (photo 1). Plus me (photo 3)!
16.5km, 1200m ascent. Time for beer and pizza now…
July 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Back in the mountains today. 🏴
Very early start to escape worst of the heat. 2 Munro summits, Stob a’ Choire Mheadhoin (photo 2) & Stob Coire Easain (photo 1). Plus me (photo 3)!
16.5km, 1200m ascent. Time for beer and pizza now…
Very early start to escape worst of the heat. 2 Munro summits, Stob a’ Choire Mheadhoin (photo 2) & Stob Coire Easain (photo 1). Plus me (photo 3)!
16.5km, 1200m ascent. Time for beer and pizza now…
On Tom a' Chòinich in Glen Affric a few weekends ago:
July 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On Tom a' Chòinich in Glen Affric a few weekends ago:
Endless views yesterday, despite the haze. From the top of Chno Dearg: from Schiehallion to the SE, round over Loch Ossian and the Blackwater Reservoir towards the Bridge of Orchy & Glen Coe hills, then round over the Mamores, and then the Grey Corries & Easains on the other side of Loch Treig.
June 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Endless views yesterday, despite the haze. From the top of Chno Dearg: from Schiehallion to the SE, round over Loch Ossian and the Blackwater Reservoir towards the Bridge of Orchy & Glen Coe hills, then round over the Mamores, and then the Grey Corries & Easains on the other side of Loch Treig.
Cracking weekend so far from our base at the camp site in Bunroy. Beinn a’ Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach yesterday (*very* windy but clear most of the time), Stob Coire Sgriodain just now (this is the view from the summit, looking SW across Loch Treig) and heading over to Chno Dearg next.
June 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Cracking weekend so far from our base at the camp site in Bunroy. Beinn a’ Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach yesterday (*very* windy but clear most of the time), Stob Coire Sgriodain just now (this is the view from the summit, looking SW across Loch Treig) and heading over to Chno Dearg next.
Tom a’ Chòinich & Toll Creagach in Glen Affric today. That’s me finished the Affric Munros now. Took my time over it - first one was in 1992!
(Plant is starry saxifrage, according to my wife’s phone App.)
(Plant is starry saxifrage, according to my wife’s phone App.)
June 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Tom a’ Chòinich & Toll Creagach in Glen Affric today. That’s me finished the Affric Munros now. Took my time over it - first one was in 1992!
(Plant is starry saxifrage, according to my wife’s phone App.)
(Plant is starry saxifrage, according to my wife’s phone App.)
Inverness, with the River Ness in the background. Spotted Nessie again, in summer costume this time!
June 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Inverness, with the River Ness in the background. Spotted Nessie again, in summer costume this time!
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Gannets, photographed at the RSPB Reserve at Troup Head on Aberdeenshire's Moray coast last month. It's Scotland's largest mainland gannet colony.
Gannets, photographed at the RSPB Reserve at Troup Head on Aberdeenshire's Moray coast last month. It's Scotland's largest mainland gannet colony.
May 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Gannets, photographed at the RSPB Reserve at Troup Head on Aberdeenshire's Moray coast last month. It's Scotland's largest mainland gannet colony.
Gannets, photographed at the RSPB Reserve at Troup Head on Aberdeenshire's Moray coast last month. It's Scotland's largest mainland gannet colony.
Sand patterns. Market Bay, Isle of Mull. 16th October 2012.
May 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sand patterns. Market Bay, Isle of Mull. 16th October 2012.
Climbed that hill on a fine day last summer.
May 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Climbed that hill on a fine day last summer.
Was there last year with my wife, we arrived just in time to see this happen. (Watch the left-hand-side of the waterfall!)
May 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Was there last year with my wife, we arrived just in time to see this happen. (Watch the left-hand-side of the waterfall!)
14th March 2025. Cruach Àrdrain & Beinn Tulaichean - both Munro summits. A grand day out. We had a raven for company near the top of Àrdrain.
May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
14th March 2025. Cruach Àrdrain & Beinn Tulaichean - both Munro summits. A grand day out. We had a raven for company near the top of Àrdrain.
Gannets, Troup Head RSPB reserve, 20th April 2025.
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Gannets, Troup Head RSPB reserve, 20th April 2025.
Common guillemot and a gannet exchange glances at the RSPB reserve at Troup Head, on the Moray Coast, earlier today.
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April 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Common guillemot and a gannet exchange glances at the RSPB reserve at Troup Head, on the Moray Coast, earlier today.
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Puffins, Lunga, Treshnish Isles. 1st June 2019.
April 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Puffins, Lunga, Treshnish Isles. 1st June 2019.
The view from just below the summit of Cruach Ardrain. 14th March 2025.
April 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The view from just below the summit of Cruach Ardrain. 14th March 2025.
With friends on Beinn Enaiglair, a Corbett near Braemore Junction in Wester Ross. 2nd January 2025.
There was no view from the summit, but it had cleared a bit by the time we got back down.
There was no view from the summit, but it had cleared a bit by the time we got back down.
April 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
With friends on Beinn Enaiglair, a Corbett near Braemore Junction in Wester Ross. 2nd January 2025.
There was no view from the summit, but it had cleared a bit by the time we got back down.
There was no view from the summit, but it had cleared a bit by the time we got back down.