Ardnamurchan is not an island, yet its winding roads, fragmented coast and western distance give it an intimate island quality.
The journey becomes part of the place
‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan Pt.33 - Reaffirmation: Longing For Place’

Ardnamurchan is not an island, yet its winding roads, fragmented coast and western distance give it an intimate island quality.
The journey becomes part of the place
‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan Pt.33 - Reaffirmation: Longing For Place’
NEW: Re-affirmation, A Longing for Place
A journey through Skye became a deeper recognition of Ardnamurchan as my creative home.
“Rum and Eigg became points upon an internal compass.”
NEW: Re-affirmation, A Longing for Place
A journey through Skye became a deeper recognition of Ardnamurchan as my creative home.
“Rum and Eigg became points upon an internal compass.”
Spiorad aird nam Murchan Part 33
Read: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/10...
#Ardnamurchan #SenseOfPlace
Miserable morning at Ardnamurchan Point with rain, SW gales, poor visibility …however, it delivered the birds with hundreds of gannets, kittiwakes & auks heading south joined by a few Manxies and 2 super Sooty Shears.
#ukbirding @scottishbirding.bsky.social #bitdingscotland #ardnamurchan
Tonight at 8.00 pm:
Re-affirmation: A Longing for Place.
A journey from Skye towards a deeper understanding of Ardnamurchan as creative home, landscape soul friend and point of inner orientation.
In the blog this evening: www.rkphotographic.com/blog
Beneath every Ardnamurchan photograph lies a much older story of fire, ice, erosion and deep time.
Explore it with us from 28 February to 6 March 2027. Final space remaining, book now.
Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat
What makes one landscape beautiful, yet another feel like ‘home’?
Tomorrow’s essay explores Ardnamurchan as landscape anam cara, and the “spatial resonance” through which place and inner life begin to correspond.
Spiorad aird nam Murchan Pt.33 on the blog 8.00 pm Sunday.
Sometimes a new landscape reveals how deeply another already lives within us.
My next Spiorad Àird nam Murchan essay begins on Skye and follows an internal compass back towards Ardnamurchan.
Coming Sunday evening 8pm on the blog.
Spiorad Àird nam Murchan Pt.32 - ‘A Pebble on the Beach’
"The relationship continues to deepen with every passing year"
And the conversation continues.
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/8/...
Coming this Sunday 8pm will be part 33, a moment of reaffirmation.
Spiorad Àird nam Murchan Pt.32 - A Pebble on the Beach
"The place continues because the questions continue."
Perhaps curiosity is another form of belonging.
Exploring The Scottish Highlands On A Road Trip: Lochaber, Ardnamurchan And Unique Experiences
#Ardnamurchan #Europe #Inverness #Scotland #ScottishHighlands
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Ardnamurchan distillery presented 2 unpeated expressions to heritage Barley collection (100% golden promise). One of releases was matured in ex-Bourbon casks. 58.6% ABV. ~ £69
#Ardnamurchan #whisky
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Spiorad Àird nam Murchan Pt.32 - A Pebble on the Beach
"The place continues because the questions continue."
Perhaps curiosity is another form of belonging.
Read more on the blog👇🏻
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/8/...
#CreativeCuriosity #Ardnamurchan #LandscapePhotography #Scotland #DeepTime
Spiorad Àird nam Murchan Pt.32 - A Pebble on the Beach.
"Place names often reveal qualities invisible to casual observation."
Language teaches us how to look, how to see and how to respond creatively: 👇🏻
No line of tripods. No expectation that everyone should make the same picture.
The Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat is centred on your own way of seeing.
28 February to 6 March 2027 and October 2027 & 2028.
Retreat details:
This will be superb, and features #Ardnamurchan too.
BBC Radio 3 travels around Britain's coastline in a twelve-hour live relay of music, stories and sound from six lighthouses
Beyond Ardnamurchan’s familiar views are quieter stories waiting to be noticed.
The 28 February to 6 March 2027 Creative Retreat is open for booking.
Explore the retreat
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*More dates on web site into 2028*
Some places ask us to take photographs. Ardnamurchan asks us first to become still.
Join the Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat, 28 February to 6 March 2027.
Retreat details & booking:
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#Ardnamurchan #CreativeRetreat #Photography #LandscapePhotography #SlowTime
Spiorad Àird nam Murchan Pt.32 - A Pebble on the Beach: inspiration, influence and belonging in Ardnamurchan.
"The peninsula teaches responsiveness."
Weather changes. Light shifts. The landscape asks us to remain open.
Exploring Lochaber In Scotland’s Highlands: Isle Of Skye, Foraging, Castle Tioram And Hidden Highland Gems
#Acharacle #Ardnamurchan #Europe #IsleofSkye #Lochaber
https://justpaste.in/blogs/slow-adventures-scottish-highlands-secret-castle-see/