I always remember my late Father-in-Law telling how magnificent Trinity College Library was as he had worked there in the 1950s, he wasn't joking...
Some crackers on the BBC Scotland photo page this week... please log in to view this image Light touch: "Whole place to myself" says John Paul Murray at Rattray Head. please log in to view this image Capital gain: Craig Worth's early rise in Edinburgh was worth it. please log in to view this image King of the castle: Slains Castle is thought to have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. Keith McTaggart's aerial drone shot captured the view on the Aberdeenshire coast. please log in to view this image Dawn rising: Dawn Farrell says she and her fiance watched the sky for 30 minutes at Uphall. "Utterly spectacular". please log in to view this image A historic moment: "I took this picture on my walk around Edinburgh", says Simone Seifert. "I was planning to take a picture of the sculpture only as part of an online art course on modern sculpture that I am doing at the moment. When I arrived these three young people were standing in front of it and paying it attention which I think made the picture much more interesting". please log in to view this image Pretty as a picture: "Who needs Van Gogh?" asks Sheila Carswell of this shot of Bennecarrigan Church on Arran. please log in to view this image Herculean effort: "I was on Eldinhope Knowe in the Yarrow Valley when this USAF Hercules pair came through on a low level sortie", says Walter Baxter. "They were in close formation which was amazing to see". please log in to view this image Go with the flow: "The Whitesands in Dumfries, just by the Caul, early evening, after rain had swollen the River Nith", says Anne Greiner. "After a dull day there was a sudden blink of sunshine on the water". please log in to view this image Single fish: "Lone fisherman on Loch Leven, taken on our bike ride", says Margaret Murray. please log in to view this image Staggering view: Drew Harris enjoyed this wonderful sight on the Knoydart peninsula by Mallaig. please log in to view this image "The precarious rock stack named Yesnaby Castle", says Alan Guthrie in Orkney. "I've been looking forward to the easing of lockdown so I could try out some new camera kit". please log in to view this image Cullen sink: Sunset off Moray, courtesy of Stephen Greeves.
There really are so many beautiful places in Scotland but as Edward I reputedly said "The only problem with Scotland is it's full of Scots"...
He also allegedly introduced Prima Nocta to breed them out, so I'm doing my bit.... There's no historical evidence this act was passed as law, although Braveheart would have you believe it!