Strictly Sutherland

Scourie, Sutherland, Scotland

2008-09-20T17:57:00.004+01:00

Scourie is a delightful Highland village on the north west coast of Scotland in the Highland county of Sutherland. The population of the village is just over two hundred. It is known as the birthplace of Hugh Mackay, a British general in the 17th century.

I spent a few days here while touring Sutherland and loved it. Lovely people, stunning scenery and the wildlife is brilliant.

I took this photograph just as the evening light was beginning to fade.
Unfortunately the sky was a little cloudy but does not detract from the beauty.

This is a wide screen desktop wallpaper. Click on it and the full size image will open up. Right click on that and save to your own computer. If you need a standard size you can download one HERE.

There is a matching card in the Touch of Class Gallery if you would like to send one to friends.

Enjoy
Chris

Coldbackie Beach, Tongue

2008-08-11T14:21:00.004+01:00

This lovely desktop and our new page header was made by Chris using a beautiful photograph of Coldbackie Beach, Tongue which was taken in 2006 by Isabel Griggs, Australia, during her trip to Sutherland.

This image is widescreen size. Click on the image and it will download to your computer.

If you need a standard size you can download one HERE.

Enjoy.

Emigrant Statue, Helmsdale

2008-01-31T21:49:00.003Z

I have made a desktop for you using my own photographs of the new emigrant statue at Helmsdale, the coast line at Golspie and an old croft at Knockarthur, Rogart.

I hope you like the finished desktop and will use it. The one on show fits widescreen computers so click and save if that is the size you need.

I also have a zip file which you can download HERE which contains a standard size desktop.

Enjoy

Chris

Bonar Bridge, Creich

2007-11-30T21:36:00.003Z

Thank you Hector Macrae for allowing me to use your photo of Bonar Bridge.

This is the third bridge to be built at this site, the present one replacing an iron and granite one erected at the end of the 19th century and it in turn replaced an earlier stone bridge of 1810.

Click on the picture and it will download to your own computer. A zip containing even larger versions suitable for other sized screens can be downloaded here.
Enjoy,
Judy

Kyle Of Sutherland

2007-11-12T21:59:00.001Z

I played around with this lovely image of the Kyle of Tongue to make this desktop for you. This is an area dear to my heart...close to the Ancestral home of my ancestor Major John Scobie of Melness.

If you would like to see a larger version, simply click on the image. To download a zip file with a larger image and one suitable for a widescreen, click here.

Judy

Putting Granma in the Frame!

2007-11-11T19:55:00.002Z

This beautiful picture has been created from an old photograph sent in by one of our members. Using scrapbook elements has turned it into what you see now. The owner of the original photograph is very pleased with the effect.

Photographs treated like this are great for digital scrapbooks, on your family history website, adding to our Member's Interests site, sending to other family members, etc.

Touch of Class group members are all happy to create scrapbook photographs for you if you so wish as long as you are happy for us to choose the elements, colours, etc., we use. We just enjoy being creative.

If you wish to send a photograph in please email it to me direct - you all know my email address but if you are stuck you can find it on the main website. Just in case we receive a large number of photographs to be worked on please note that we will email you giving you an idea of when we can do it.

Nice idea?

Chris

Loch Fleet from the Mound

2007-11-07T17:39:00.004Z

A new desktop wallpaper for you. This one is a shot taken a couple of weeks ago from the Mound looking towards Rogart over Loch Fleet. Dusk was just falling after a sharp, cold day.

The preview does not do justice to the beautfy of the large desktop. You can download a zipfile containing two sizes, standard plus widescreen HERE.

Thanks and enjoy,Chris

Loch Fleet Nature Reserve

2007-11-01T17:23:00.003Z

This delightful desktop has been created by Joan.

The reserve at Loch Fleet (the northernmost tidal basin on the east coast) contains within its boundary, coastal heath, sand dunes and pine woodland, as well as mudflats. Waders and shelduck feed on the invertebrates in the mud at low tide, and eiders feed on the mussels along the course of the river. In summer, arctic and common terns fish in the shallows, and in winter large numbers of wigeon graze the eelgrass growing on the tidal flats. Other ducks also take advantage of the estuary’s shelter in winter, among them long-tailed duck and common scoter.

Both within the estuary and along the coast to north and south, common seals can be seen. These are particularly conspicuous when they haul out on sandbanks at low tide. The pine woodland at Balblair Wood supports a number of rare pinewood plants as well as more common ones associated with such woodland. Mammals such as pine marten, red squirrel and roe deer also frequent these areas. The heathland at Ferry Links and some clearings within Ferry Wood support a wide range of interesting plants including orchids and a range of butterflies. The pinewoods support Scottish crossbills, crested tits and other more common species such as treecreeper, sparrowhawk, buzzard and great spotted woodpecker. In summer, ospreys fish regularly on the reserve, although they do not breed there, and in winter peregrines and hen harriers regularly visit to hunt. It is a very beautiful spot, situated between the Little Ferry and Golspie town.

Joan's delightful desktop will serve as either a souvenier of this lovely spot or a reminder to visit it when you visit Sutherland. Download the zip file HERE.

Achvaich, Dornoch

2007-11-01T13:32:00.004Z

This lovely desktop is created from a photograph taken by myself in autumn 2007.

It struck me how isolated, wild, and beautiful it was up there but fear it must have been really hard work living and farming. People do still live there and with the advent of four wheel drives, etc. life must be easier than it was!

The image will fit a widescreen monitor, click on the pic and save the full size to your desktop. If you require a standard 1024 x 768 size you can download one HERE. Enjoy.

Chris

Dunrobin Glen, Golspie

2007-10-31T12:45:00.002Z

This lovely desktop, beautifully made by Judy shows the lovely colours of Dunrobin Glen in autumn. Photograph taken by Chris in October 2007.

The image shown is a widescreen version. Click on it and it will download to your compute. Or, if you need a standard size you can download our ZIP FILE in which you will find three different sizes - one will fit your computer.

Thanks lots
Chris