Smailholm Tower

Borders Region

2nd and 3rd February 2014

Heading North to work with a school in Edinburgh I decided to dodge between the storms and check out a couple of new locations.

Smailholm Tower in the Borders of Scotland was built in the 1400s to defend against raiders in troublesome times.

Now it stands on a crag, at the end of a muddy farm track, overlooking a millpond.

I think it’s a location that has a lot of potential, especially when the reeds in the pond have grown a bit more in the Spring.

The clearing rain clouds revealed a bit of colour in what would otherwise have been a lacklustre sky.

The next morning brought more cloud and flattish indirect lighting while a lazy wind was trying to go straight me instead of going around.

There are pictures to be found here but these are not quite there yet.