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My experience of using a full-frame dslr and three different top quality lenses is that each one, given a set of criteria, focal length, position of horizon, will result in photos with distorted horizons whether taken at sea level or a few hundred feet of elevation. On that basis I would not trust w...

I found this https://www.lundhags.com/en/journal/wear-care/care-guides/maintenance-of-nubuck-hiking-boots/ which might be helpful.

The problem with the foot sliding forward in a boot is (as I see it) too much volume in the boot above the foot and around the ankle which means one can't tighten the boot sufficiently to keep the foot in place. There are two possible solutions, extra socks (always has been my solution as I have sli...

DEET damages plastic and some other synthetic materials. I'd be wary of spraying it on tents and gear made with synthetic fibres.

As I understand it the network's primary purpose is to get 4G mobile coverage to all rural properties. To do so needs a network of cells that can transfer the signal round obstacles, hills, to reach the properties. The coverage on the hills is a by product of the primary intention not a driving fact...

I reckon there is more to this network plan that just providing 4G broadband to rural communities.. By providing 100% coverage for mobile broadband then in the longer term the wire network could then be scrapped saving £millions on maintenance. Servicing a few hundred masts will be vastly cheaper th...

I'd a happily pay a little extra too, for sure, as I would to keep libraries and the many other services that some see as 'non-essential'. I also think that FLS should front up a bit in the situation, they've done okay over the years covering our hills in non native species, it would be very easy f...

Tourists while contributing to the local economies ( i.e. contributing to local business owners profits) they do not make any contribution to the upkeep of publicly owned infrastructure that they enjoy and on which they also cause additional wear and tear. That is patently false and myopic, tourist...

Tourists while contributing to the local economies ( i.e. contributing to local business owners profits) they do not make any contribution to the upkeep of publicly owned infrastructure that they enjoy and on which they also cause additional wear and tear. Car parking charges and a tourist tax if ke...

Arthurs Eat wrote:TMB?

Tour du Mont Blanc?

Here's something a little different, I remembered hearing it some while ago on BBC radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0016xq7

Could it be High Street?

Edit :
Aha, well found, while I was looking at Google Earth.

rockhopper wrote:Loch Salach a' Ghiubhais ?

That's the one

The foul loch of the juniper if I have my translation right.

Over to you.

Time for a clue:

You will see this loch on a long distance walk.

JWCW2014 wrote:
Loch Beannacharan?

Not that one.

Now you are further away.

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