 A Typical Workshop Day | ||
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The really keen rise early; some to catch the dawn light from 'Buzzard Rock', high above the house, with stunning mountain views - at least five 'Munros' (peaks over 3,000ft); others are content with three 'Munros' from their bedroom window! Back for breakfast, the energetics devour platefuls of bacon and eggs whilst the more sedentary content themselves with fresh fruit and cereals. Some, naturally, have both. Now it's time to gather cameras and tripods and set off to Loch Katrine or the slate quarries, the old priory, Stirling Castle or Glen Coe. Maybe we'll just stay at Inversnaid. Some guests spend all week exploring the garden - there are parts of it still untrodden by human foot! Perhaps it could be a studio portrait day with a superb lunch at the Lodge or a morning under the darkcloth grappling with the intricacies of viewcamera movements. The outdoor picnickers return in time for film processing and food. Anyone for a pre-dinner drink from the bar? The 3-course home cooked evening meal is always an eagerly awaited highlight. A dinner party every night with a flow of good food, conversation and laughter helped along by the glass of complimentary wine. After dinner you could be looking at the results of the day, enjoying a talk or slide show, printing contacts and work prints or discussing participants' or tutors' portfolios - where has the day gone? Some guests take off to bed with a choice book or two from the library shelves; others carry on discussing excitedly into the night, sunk deep in the armchairs over a well-earned nightcap, in anticipation of another fulfilling day. |
