Jim Malcolm

The frogs have appeared early after this period of mild weather

They seem to be enjoying each others company…..

A heart stoppingly beatiful view on the Earn.

Two blood stained hills. To the right Dupplin, where in 1332 a Scottish, army coming down from the high ground, was innihilated by English massed archers. To the left above Dunning, the most probable site of Mons Grapius the only major pitched battle between the Romans and the Caledonians around 80 AD.

After both battles the river was said to have run red with blood….

“kent his feather”

Lots of courting going on….

Gorse…. the flowers have a coconutty taste.

The Fergusson Gallery, Perth, where they have a collection of paintings by Adam Ferguson the famous Scottish Colourist

A secret path……

…watch out for trolls….

…up here……


Careful down here….

Only 2 days till the start of the trout fishing season….

Was down south of Edinburgh today recording some harmonica for an old friend Scott Murray. I swung by this village where stayed for a while, whilst a student at Edinburgh University.

It’s a very picturesque spot.

The village is centered around this ancient church where the Knights Templar apparently used to hang out. It is quite close to Roslyn Chapel and shares in the Holy Grail lore.

Went for a wee stroll along here…

This has been a winter of very strong winds.

On the way home across the Forth Road Bridge which runs alongside the iconic Forth Rail Bridge the most beautiful bridge in the world (I’m biased) You only see the top half of it here….

With fuel at over ten bucks a gallon here you don’t often see Hummers . Perhaps he owns a refinery….

Bet you didn’t know that the Amerian currency is named after a wee place in Scotland

Turn off here for Crook of Devon, a settlement famously twinned with the Thief of Bagdad.  – I’ll get my coat…..

“Come all ye Kinkardine lads…hi dum a doo dum a dadio….”

Loch leven Castle is situated on a island in the middle of Loch Leven, the  world famous trout fishery. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned there after she was deposed, but escaped with the help of a page boy who got chop for his troubles. She was captured by the English after losing a battle at Langside near Glasgow and ended her sorry life in England where she was eventually beheaded. In those days the water was much higher and only the castle was above water.

Moonlight serenade. Was in Fife today working on my new song book with Sebelius boffin Sandy Stanage . On the way back stopped off in Auchtermuchty (you need half a pint of phlegm to say that properly) to see the statue of the great accordion player and bandleader Sir Jimmy Shand.

It’s a strange fact of life that when you become as famous and revered as Sir Jimmy seagulls get to crap on your head.

Tried to do a spooky moon shot at the famous Abernethy Tower, one of only two remaining Celtic monks’ towers in Scotland.

It all got too dark…..

My snowboard has been completely cob-webbed this year as there has been absolutely no snow. I am putting it back in the attic today to encourage it to snow. I was very lucky to get a chance to slope off to the slopes on my recent tour and Wally Bell from Vashon Island took me to a resort near Seattle and shot a short film of me snowboarding. Wally used to be an Olympic skier so filming on the move was no problem for him. He also organised a great concert on the Island.
To see the clip go to YouTube and enter: Jim at Snoqualmie.mp4 or directly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w13tjWjn1o   I’ll try to link it but I’m a bit of a dunce with web stuff.