Friday 1st April 2011

There are so many 'moods' associated with this photo it's hard to find the words to portray them, so I'll give a little description of the situation and hope that the photo speaks for itself. We'd driven up to the Northwest Highlands from Glasgow in the morning and spent 6 hours walking into in to a remote bothy. The weather wasn't as bad as forecast but the wind was pretty strong and we got blown off our feet a couple of times walking up the second valley. There were heavy packs, river crossings, either wet or tricky, and then a lot of bog hopping and wet feet. The bothy finally came into sight although it was another half hour to reach it. Once safely ensconced inside, sodden boots and socks removed and beds laid out, we cooked up our dinner as night fell and perused the stories of previous fellow trekkers in the visitors book. The light of the head torch highlighted the comforting steam emanating from the lamb hotpot inside the foil package, and Jen happily chewed away restoring some of her expended energy.

18mm, 1.6s (auto from aperture priority), f/3.5, ISO 800