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Jim Scott Photography

Northumberland based photographer - Mainly travel and landscapes of countryside and coast (oh, and castles!)
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04/06/2026

Morning glory…This is one of my all time favourite Bamburgh compositions.

These rocks are part of the “Whin Sill”, a huge sheet of molten magma that forced its way between layers of older sedimentary rock around 295 million years ago. The magma never reached the surface; instead it cooled slowly underground and solidified into an extremely hard rock called quartz dolerite (often called “whinstone” locally).

03/06/2026

Not all photos have to have drama… Sometimes quiet, calm and everyday scenes can catch my eye too. This was a little spot I saw on my way to the coast at the weekend.

02/06/2026

Last light.

Just before the sky went dark on Sunday, I managed to find this lone tree on a backroad in North Northumberland.

01/06/2026

A drive around last night before sunset. I got a few shots of lesser known spots which I’ll post over the coming days… this field of purple wildflowers and the bright warm sun, caught my eye.

30/05/2026

Craster harbour.

For centuries, this small fishing village has been shaped by the North Sea, with its famous kippers traditionally smoked here since the 1800s and served to the Royal Family at breakfast.

Once a busy harbour for the herring boats, Craster remains one of the most characterful stretches of the Northumberland coast.

29/05/2026

I returned here and tried to get these shots many times, but the light had never worked for what I wanted to do… UNTIL, a morning when the low tide coincided with bright and low morning sun, which created the contrast and long shadows I’ve been waiting for.

Hidden below the tidal waters, resting on the mudflats of Amble Harbour, are a number of ship remains that can best be seen at very low tide.

They are thought to be at least 80 years old and are probably old collier ships used to transport coal from the local mines.

28/05/2026

Looking North.

Looking towards Lindisfarne and the northern coastline of Northumberland. This image was taken in mid June, when the sun sets almost exactly due North West.

27/05/2026

One of my favourite views in Northumberland… looking south down Reiver’s Way, towards Dunstanburgh Castle from Low Newton.

Managed to also catch a few shots of a local fisherman preparing his boat for a morning out in the bay.

26/05/2026

Moody Northumbrian skies, dead trees (which is no longer standing), a very very tiny me and the 1,904 year old Hadrian’s Wall.

Construction of the wall, a former defensive fortification from the Roman occupation of “Britannia” began in AD122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.

Running across the breadth of England, along Northumberland’s southern border it represents the northern most point of the Roman Empire and kept the ‘barbarians’ out.

This location provides wide, panoramic views - a perfect location for a watch tower (visible on last image) on Hadrian’s Wall.

Watch towers (turrets) were usually placed two to every Roman mile (about 1.48km), for the comfort of small units of soldiers.

Can you spot the tiny me?

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