Thanks for the comments guys
It is encoraging for a beginner, i'm just finding my way not only around a new hobby but a new camara as well. I bought it second hand and the guy hade made a lens filter for it (not available commercially i'm told ) which I recently lost, so i've no ski filter at the moment untill i find some way of making a fitting.
Lindsay, you're absolutely right, it is the plain, I try to spend as much time up there as i can, its the ideal place to combine the 3 hobbies, its right on my doorstep, and the views of vast wide open spaces never ceases to take my breat