Snap happy: A shiny new camera for my birthday!

Birthdays in your 40s aren't so bad when you get to celebrate them like this!

* A weekend at the fabulous hotel The Lovat in Fort Augustus

* Divine dinners at The Lovat, too

* Lots of nice wine and whisky at The Lovat, as well

* A gorgeously scenic, 70-mile cycle right around Loch Ness

* A trip to the romantic and fascinating Urquhart Castle

* A hugely informative photography workshop with NevisPix

* A challenging run up the Munro Geal Charn (Monadh Liath)

* And last, but by no means least, the wonderful company of my boyfriend, the G-Force.

And thanks to The G-Force I now have a shiny new camera (to replace the last one that suddenly died during a hill walk last month).

In this blog I reveal some of the weekend in pics:

Finally we reach the top of the hill on the

east side of Loch Ness. Huge slog but great views

Urquhart Castle, on the west bank of Loch Ness

A scenic picture taken on a NevisPix workshop

Another scenic picture taken on a NevisPix workshop

Me (in the distance!) atop Munro Geal Charn (Not so sure the G-Force

was paying so much attention in the photography workshop!)

The G-Force clearly very pleased to be on the Munro top, too!

(Quite pleased with my pic taking skills!)