Welcome to Wildeep's Illuminations, a blog of imagery and rumination, fresh from the desktop of Ben Mitchell.
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Sunday, 18 August 2024
Dalriada Project Post
Fencepost of the Week #224
When your path marker-posts look like this, you know you are in for a boggy time! ^_^
These posts, show the insigna of the Dalriada Project, which built a path network around The Kilmartin Glen area.
The path was new (and posts completely devoid of lichen) in 2010.
The path I took - between Cairnbaan and Dunadd - is holding up fairly well. It has some really excellent plastic boardwalk sections, but there are some slippery stone slab sections and some very slippery wooden plank sections, which would make me shy of recommending it for anyone without good balance.
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Sunday, 7 July 2024
Saturday, 29 June 2024
Friday, 21 June 2024
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Kintwear Post
Fencepost of the Week #216
Even while sporting this fancy sweater, our post still provides fertile ground for some moss and lichen development.
Friday, 13 October 2023
Ivy Choked
Fencepost of the Week #214
A fencepost mounted next to a wall, both of which have been throttled by ivy, now long dead.
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Mixed Media Boundary Marker Post
Fencepost of the Week #213
A beautiful boundary marker post in lamellar slabs of corroded metal, hunks of mouldering wood, and daubs of flaky paint; all held together with chunky, rusted bolts and topped with a dusting of verdant moss. Perfect.





















