Mail bags which have come off the train from Inverness on their way to Wester Ross are waiting to be loaded onto a Highland Omnibuses mail bus at #Achnasheen, August 1970 [photo: John Sinclair]
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A busy Middle Street in Fort William, August 1973 [photo: Ken MacKenzie / Highland Council]
Sràid Mheadhanach trang anns an Gearasdan, an Lùnastal 1973 [dealbh: Ken MacKenzie / Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd]
A #Clydesdale horse at the Black Isle Show, #Munlochy on this day in 1949. It was the first staging of the Show since the end of WWII and around 6,000 people attended. [photo courtesy of Nell Stephen]
A postcard view of the Gorge/Meeting of the Three Waters in Glen Coe, c1960s #glencoe [source: HLH Libraries]
Building the meterological observatory on Ben Nevis, late-19th century. I'm not sure if the photograph was taken during the original construction in the summer of 1883 or when the building was expanded in 1894 [source: HLH Archives: D1751/2/2/5]
Flooding on Millburn Road, #Inverness in early August 1956 [photo: Jimmy Nairn; source: Highland Photographic Archive]
The Treetop Trail at Landmark Forest Adventure Park, #Carrbridge opened on this day in 1981. The Park itsef opened in May 1970 [photo courtesy of W. Downie]
Officers of the Lovat Scouts in July 1916. The location is thought to be Scone, Perthshire which was the location of one of their main training camps. #WWI Names here: https://www.ambaile.org.uk/asset/45490/ [photo courtesy of Fiona Dorta]
A hand-coloured glass plate negative showing a horse fair in Bank Street, #Inverness in the late-19th century [source: Joseph Cook Collection; Inverness Museum & Art Gallery]
A Class 26 locomotive on a train at #Plockton, July 1961 [photo from the Highland Railway Society's collection]
Geoff Shaw, known as "Geoff the Cowboy", in July 1956. He worked for the Ormiston family leading groups of pony trekkers around #Badenoch. He got his nickname having previously worked as a #cowboy in Nevada. [photo: Jimmy Nairn; source: Highland Photographic Archive]
Houses and other buildings in #Mallaig, c1895 [photo: Valentine & Sons; source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/2/4]
Boats on the shore at Allt a' Chruin, Loch Duich, 1930 [source: D1751/2/2/3]
Bàtaichean air a' chladach aig Allt a' Chruinn, Loch Dubhthaich, 1930 [neach-fiosrachaidh: Seirbheis Tasglainn na Gàidhealtachd, D1751/2/2/3]
#Georgemas Junction on 28 July 1974 and the special train which was organised to run between Inverness and Wick to commemorate the centenary of the opening of the Far North Line. #Caithness [photo: Trevor Martin; source: Scottish Association for Public Transport]
A gathering of Clan Grant at Castle Grant on this day in 1912 to welcome James Ogilvie-Grant, the 30th Chief, to #Strathspey (he had been born and brought up in New Zealand). Three years later he died of wounds whilst with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in Flanders [photo: #Grantown Museum]
Herr Meny's 8-piece Hungarian Band performing at Ness Islands, #Inverness during the summer of 1908. They played twice daily from 27 July until the end of August in a specially constructed bandstand. [source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/03]
A former German "Jäger-class" torpedo recovery vessel on the shore at Loch anan Uamh in July 1994. Around 150 were built and a few were taken over by the Royal Navy at the end of #WWII. This one ran aground here and an attempt was made at restoring her but never completed [source: Highland Council]
The floral clock in front of #Inverness Castle, July 1990. It was part of the town's displays for the "Beautiful Scotland in Bloom" competition. The clock was 4.5 metres in diameter with the mechanism buried beneath. [source: Highland Council]
The 2nd Battalion #Seaforth Highlanders in #Dingwall, 24 July 1909. They were on a route march from Wick to Fortrose (the traction engine was pulling their tents and other kit) [photo: F.W. Urquhart; source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/2/2]
LMS 5012 on train arriving in #Inverness from Wick on 23 July 1945. The fireman can be seen preparing to deliver the tablet to the Rose Street signalman [photo from the Highland Railway Society's collections]
