Readers’ pictures of the week, 26 July-1 August

A selection of pictures from the past week submitted by our readers to the Scotsman picture desk

A selection of pictured submitted by Scotsman readers in the past week

Thu 1 Aug: The Comrie Railroad in Perthshire never fails to attract a crowd of steam enthusiasts, as Bill Clark’s photograph shows

Wed 31 Jul: Walter Baxter from Galashiels took this captivating photograph of an eagle owl at a falconry and bird of prey display at Jedburgh Deer and Farm Park

Tue 30 Jul: Dougie Johnston took this photograph of the ‘Crying the Fair’ at Langholm Common Riding

Mon 29 Jul: Jo Doake sent in this phtotograph of riders taking their horses and ponies in to the seaatGullane to cool off on friday, before the sunnyspell was brokenby the weekend downpours

Sat 27 Jul: A rainbow reflected in the sea of the Sound of Sleat, taken from Lochalsh Lodge at Glaick by reader Colin Carmichael, dwarfs the canoeist in the foreground and seems to pierce Skye

Fri 26 Jul: The marram grass-coated sand dunes at Aberlady, East Lothian, as photographed by The Scotsman’s Gill McLaren, are penned behind fences, a study of artificial and natural boundaries