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Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby rockhopper » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:43 pm

I'm pretty sure it isn't but just in case, Eddrachillis Bay ?
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby apollo0815 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:57 pm

No, it is a bit more famous I think.
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby Caberfeidh » Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:14 am

Looks like the port of the curraghs on Iona. Ah, I was just a deck-hand back in them days....
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby apollo0815 » Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:05 am

You were a Deck Hand of Mr Columba when he landed there? Great;)
You are of course right ;)
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby Caberfeidh » Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:04 am

Woohoo! Hear the call of this ancient place far to the North...

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I set my crook by the ancient mound and bend the light over the sound...
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby apollo0815 » Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:09 am

Just a guess by the landscape: somewhere near the Grey cairns of Camster?
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby Caberfeidh » Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:46 pm

apollo0815 wrote:Just a guess by the landscape: somewhere near the Grey cairns of Camster?


Nooooooooooooo.
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby rockhopper » Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:43 pm

Wild guess - Allt Chrysal ancient settlement on Barra ?
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby Caberfeidh » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:15 am

rockhopper wrote:Wild guess - Allt Chrysal ancient settlement on Barra ?


No.... it is an island but much farther North.
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby IreneM » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:13 am

No idea where this is, but I can definitely see the crock of gold at the end of the paler rainbow! :wink:

I think I'd be sprinting towards it rather than standing around taking a bl***y photo! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby apollo0815 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:24 am

Are we on Hoy, here?
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby Caberfeidh » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:28 am

apollo0815 wrote:Are we on Hoy, here?


No, farther North. But you're thinking along the right lines with "Hoy". :D
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby apollo0815 » Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:28 am

Not so many heathery areas on the Orkneys... MAybe Cuween Hill?
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby rohan » Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:20 am

I'm going for Ward Hill on Rousay.
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Re: Where's the picture ? - Scotland (part 3)

Postby Caberfeidh » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:33 pm

apollo0815 wrote:Not so many heathery areas on the Orkneys... MAybe Cuween Hill?


No.

rohan wrote:I'm going for Ward Hill on Rousay.


No.

Too far South, much farther North.
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