As @alex_roddie explains in his piece: https://www.alexroddie.com/2020/03/the-outdoor-community-needs-to-change-its-messaging-regarding-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-right-now.html images fetishising isolated Highland 'wildness' may send the wrong message. So let's post images that celebrate all who live in this 'empty' place & make our community #WeAreHighlands&Islands #HillsAreAlwaysHere

Lewis Lisle, River Warden, River Ness, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands #HillsAreAlwaysHere

Bill Byers, fisherman, River Ness, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands #HillsAreAlwaysHere

Sandy Mearns, fisherman, River Ness, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands #HillsAreAlwaysHere

Andrea Martin, oyster farmer, Isle of Mull, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands #HillsAreAlwaysHere

George Martin, oyster farmer, Isle of Mull, Scotland

#HillsAreAlwaysHere
#WeAreHighlands&Islands

Anyone better than me that can make that hashtag for WeAreHighlands&Islands work please do so because I'm not managing! (rarely use hashtags!)

Members of the Inverness Mosque, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Young member of the Inverness Mosque, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands

Sandra Baer, farmer, crofter and tree planter, Lynbreck Croft, Cairngorms, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Mike Hyatt, woodland crofter, tea grower and chicken fosterer, Baleveolan Croft, Isle of Lismore, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Clare Haworth, woodland crofter, tea grower, chicken fosterer & vegetable magician, Baleveolan Croft, Isle of Lismore, Scotland

#WeAreHighlands&Islands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Merlin Planterose, mum woodland crofter, outdoors nursery creator, Ullapool, Scotland (here on Isle Martin)

#WeAreHighlands&Islands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Mike Ellis, coppicer, woodland skills trainer, Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland.

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Ros and Rab Nash, woodland crofters & firewood purveyors, Cogle Wood Croft, Watten, Caithness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Boyd MacKenzie in the mixed woodland he's planted on his croft, Back, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland.

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Crofters Peter MacCaskill & Iain Nicolson with Kevin Sutton inspecting their croft woodlands during a wee shower on Roag Common Grazings, Nr Dunvegan, Isle of Skye.

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Kevin Sutton at home with his collie, Nr Dunvegan, Isle of Skye.

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Sandy Murray, Crofter, Strath Halladale, Sutherland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

If anyone would like to add to this thread please do, the more the merrier!

Rick Scott, high access specialist from Strathspey, here clearing invasive species from deep in Corrieshalloch Gorge, nr Ullapool, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

@WoodlandCrofts Here you go! :-)
Sandy Murray, Crofter & woodland crofter, Strath Halladale, Sutherland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Megan Rowland, stalker, Land Manager, educator & student, Brora, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Brian Green, low-impact tree removal using his horse Tarzan, Ledmore Woods, Sutherland, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Charels Hepburn, retired Police Officer and Mountain Rescuer, with the defibrillator he fundraised for in memory of his wife, Birsay Campsite, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

RNLI Inshore Rescue Service, Loch Ness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Big..REALLY big shout for the Coastguard Service & their colleagues from the SNHS Paramedics providing assistance in remote & rural areas, here rescuing an injured walker in a remote part of Sutherland, Scotland.

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Liz Barron-Majerik MBE (awarded for her work engaging young people in STEM & initiating Inverness Science Festival). Here with her experimental plot on Orkney when researching novel uses of arnica. Now @LANTRA Scotland Director.

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

The numerous hill farmers from all around the Highlands & Islands - here gathered for the Lairg Lamb Sales (largest one-day sale in Europe), Lairg Sutherland, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Bob Kindness, salmon researcher enagaged in re-establishing salmon stocks to Highland rivers particularly to the River Carron catchment, Lochcarron, Wester Ross, Scotland (fish being nose-tagged to track it)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Nick Turnbull retired inshore fisherman and oyster farmer, Isle of Mull, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Donald Maclean, hill farmer, Knock Farm, Isle of Mull

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Jeff Reade, cheesemaker, Sgriob-ruadh Farm, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Jeff is sadly now deceased)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Anne Martin, Gaelic singer and musician, Isle of Skye, Scotland (here singing outdoors at Duntulm, Isle of Skye)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Iain Oughtred, traditional boat designer, Isle of Skye, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Sheila Bates, crofter, maker of natural dyes and hand spun wools. West Highlands, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Torquil Fraser, soft fruit farmer, Tore, Black Isle, nr Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Rob Bain, hill farmer, who lived at Ardoch above Crathie until he sadly died in 2010. I photographed him for a book project featuring hill farmers in the Cairngorms. Rob was a hoot and we'd a grand afternoon blethering. 1/2

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Rob's house, high on a hillside, overlooked Balmoral Castle & he as we sipped tea & the sun glinted on its roof he smiled & said "John I'm the ONLY man in the country who looks down on The Queen" & laughed uncontrollably! 2/2

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands

#TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Dougal Black, Master Carpenter and bespoke furniture maker, in his workshop on Culloden Moor, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Jasmine Unwin, schoolgirl and Highland Dancer, practicing at home in Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Mark MacDonald, transport professional and learner fiddler, (who regularly travels 120 miles round trip Inverness to Fort William to be taught by the legendary left-handed Lochaber fiddler Angus Grant), Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

My young and very dear friend Jake who is navigating life through the obstacles and freedoms created for him by autism, Merkinch Nature Reserve, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Tom Gilchrist, engineer, tinkerer with stuff, ratbike & trike builder, Avalanche expert, Mountain Rescue Team member, Search & Rescue dog handler & trainer. Fort William, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Harry Gow, Master Baker, judging Balloch Village Fete Cake Baking Competition, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Vali Hussein, Imam, Inverness Mosque, Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Donald MacPherson, river guide & canoe instructor, Inverness, Scotland

Outdoors instructors and guides are going to be really badly affected by this crisis.

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Iris McColl, farmer, dosing the sheep, Isle of Lismore (2004)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Rebecca MacKay in her garden, Oskaig, Isle of Raasay, Scotland (2004)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Duncan Phillips, boat operator, Farsain Cruises (Craobh Haven, nr Oban) motoring off Scarba, Argyll, Scotland. (2004)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Ruby Low waves goodbye to her friend Isobel as she leaves her on Mull to return to her home on Isle of Ulva, off Isle of Mull, Scotland (2004)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Barry George relaxes in the Church Hall on Ulva after cutting the grass outside and filling the vases with wild flowers ahead of Sunday service, Isle of Ulva, Scotland (2004)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Colin Morrison & Ronan Martin sorting brown crabs in pre-dawn light before the refrigerated lorry comes to collect them, Croig Pier, Isle of Mull, Scotland (2005)

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Iain R. Thomson, Author ('Isolation Shepherd' and many other titles)
Inverness, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

'The Girl Who Came for Tea' Staffin, Isle of Skye. But in reality representing all the youth of the Highlands in all their exuberance and potential....

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Bernard Planterose, Highlander, environmentalist, writer, researcher, tree planter, eco-house designer & builder, father, grandfather, athlete, friend. Ullapool, Scotland

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere

Ricardo Raposo, baker, moved from the Azores with his wife to work at @islandbakery on Isle of Mull, Scotland 2004

#WeAreHighlandsAndIslands #TheHillsAreAlwaysHere