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Show us your Boulders

Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby Caberfeidh » Fri Apr 24, 2015 4:48 pm

These massive rocks on Rannnoch Moor caught my imagination; like Tolkien's trolls, caught dancing by the light of the dawn....

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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby dt27348 » Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:57 pm

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Rock Face,Caisteal Abhail,Arran
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby headless spectre » Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:23 am

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Fish. An Aird. Skye.
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby Chris Mac » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:52 pm

T-Rex head boulder on the way up to Haystacks:
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Chopped in half boulder on Fleetwith Pike:
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Boulder heaven on Arran...

Flat Iron Tower:
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Beinn Tarsuinn:
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Old Man of Tarsuinn:
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Giant's fingers:
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Consolation Pinnacle:
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Caisteal Abhail summit(s):
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Beinn Bharrain boulders:
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby WalkingDutchman » Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:41 pm

Elvis is alive! And he lives in Glen Affric!
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby BlackPanther » Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:11 pm

A few weird shapes from Bynack More...

A sitting dog?
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Ugly trolls and the biggest ass of the Cairngorms :lol:
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Group cuddle:
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Easter Island figure:
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby jacob » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:54 pm

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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby jacob » Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:26 pm

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Never ignore "road closed" signs in Norway :)
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:17 am

Not quite the mountains but these boulders were nice
ImageIMG_3155 (2) by Tim Pearce, on Flickr
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:19 am

Plus some spikier ones for those of you who prefer the hills to the beach
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:32 am

Spiky again
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:11 pm

But this one has to be my favourite!
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby Mal Grey » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:44 pm

Some very nice rocky bits in Glaskogen, Sweden.


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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Wed Jan 13, 2016 3:53 pm

Oh no I forgot this one, this is my REAL favourite (my son having a siesta on Beinn Alligin)
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Re: Show us your Boulders

Postby jacob » Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:26 am

To revive an old thread: is it just me or does this look like a chimpansee reaching for the water?

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(Loch Coire na Caime)
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