John Altringham on Nostr: Test print of wood engraving in progress. It needs cleaning up but otherwise may be ...

Test print of wood engraving in progress. It needs cleaning up but otherwise may be close to finished.

The island of Rùm, NW Scotland, viewed from the Point of Sleat on a fine day in May. In Gaelic it's Slèite, pronounced approx. 'slate'. From Old Norse sléttr, smooth - the peninsula is not as rugged as the rest of Skye.

Clouds forming above the Rùm Cuillin and streaming north give the impression the island is steaming south.