Tag Archives: Glencoe

Scotland’s Great Trails – The West Highland Way

Mention a long-distance path nowadays and you are likely to see it described as both a long-distance challenge and something that you can enjoy in bite-size chunks. Yet, perhaps the West Highland Way, of all our long-distance paths, is the … Continue reading

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Beautiful Scotland – a bird’s eye view

Regular readers of our blog might have noticed a recurring theme of nature and technology. So, when we saw freelance filmmaker John Duncan’s short film, Beautiful Scotland, a stunning product of this relationship, we asked John to say a few … Continue reading

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Sensing Landscapes: Journeys Through Ben Nevis and Glen Coe.

Rachel Mimiec, our National Scenic Areas Artist in Residence, provides a final post from Glencoe. My residency culminated at Glencoe Village Hall at the end of June. I invited everybody who had engaged with me as part of the residency … Continue reading

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Sensing Landscape: Mountain Culture

Rachel Mimiec, our National Scenic Areas Artist in Residence, provides a March update as she settles down to work in the studio. I am back in Glasgow working in my studio having completed my final site visit. This marks the … Continue reading

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Sensing Landscape: Prints and Drawings

Rachel Mimiec, our National Scenic Areas Artist in Residence, provides a January update from the dramatic landscape of Glencoe and Ben Nevis. I am back in residence in the Ben Nevis/Glencoe National Scenic Area for another few weeks, following up … Continue reading

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Sensing Landscape: Ridge, Route, Trail and Path

Rachel Mimiec, our National Scenic Areas Artist in Residence, reports from the dramatic landscape of Glencoe and Ben Nevis. As well as walking with groups over the past few weeks I have also been out for walks with individuals who … Continue reading

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Sensing Landscape: Walking, Talking and Spotting

Rachel Mimiec, our NSA Artist in Residence, gives us another update on her work from Glen Nevis and Glencoe. Over the past week I have been out with a few different walking groups. There is a great network of groups … Continue reading

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Sensing Landscape: Tuning In

Rachel Mimiec, our NSA Artist in Residence, gives us an update on her work from Glen Nevis and Glencoe. I am back in Ben Nevis and Glencoe for the next few weeks and have been out and about getting a … Continue reading

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Sensing Landscape: Landscape within Landscapes

Rachel Mimiec has now explored three National Scenic Areas – which will our NSA Artist in Residence chose to be her base? I have recently returned from the Ben Nevis/Glencoe NSA. As with all my other research weeks it was … Continue reading

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