If in doubt...

…go to Bennachie. That's the rule for photographers in the Garioch, around Inverurie.

But it has been photographed and painted innumerable times, in every possible style and way.

About 10 this morning I thought: 'The sun is up and up must I…' as Housman says in his so, so sad poem, so I took camera and Grand-dog and went out. There was indeed plenty of sun and blue sky, but 'the last keen mists of night' had not been dispersed and there were a number of moody shots. Which I took advantage of.

But then I looked west from near Barra Hill (not to be confused with the Isle of…) and the Ben beckoned and I saw an opportunity for vertical format, which is unusual for this 'delectable mountain'. Hence…

Oh, and sorry if you are allergic to quotations. Trouble is, I'm not!