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Name that Loch!

Re: Name that Loch!

Postby RICHARDCFF » Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:35 am

Clue: Just out of picture to the right is a "classic" round of Corbetts
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:17 am

RICHARDCFF wrote:Clue: Just out of picture to the right is a "classic" round of Corbetts

Loch Unapool and Quinag?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby RICHARDCFF » Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:32 am

Sunset tripper wrote:
RICHARDCFF wrote:Clue: Just out of picture to the right is a "classic" round of Corbetts

Loch Unapool and Quinag?


Not there.
Second clue: The picture was taken from a path that leads to a ruined/ abandoned coastal settlement
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:16 pm

Loch Doire a' Ghearrain?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby RICHARDCFF » Sat Aug 06, 2022 8:02 pm

Sunset tripper wrote:Loch Doire a' Ghearrain?


Correct! :clap:
Taken from the path to Peanmeanach on the Ardnish peninsula; the three Rois Bheinn corbetts just out of picture to the right.

Your go...
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:28 pm

Cheers, try this one.

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby jmarkb » Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:19 pm

Loch Shiel?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:34 pm

jmarkb wrote:Loch Shiel?


Indeed it is - all yours.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby jmarkb » Thu Aug 18, 2022 3:18 pm

Thanks sunset tripper!

This one?

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:30 pm

Loch a'Choire Dubh ? with a wee glimpse of Loch na Barrack on the far left ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby jmarkb » Sat Aug 20, 2022 5:02 pm

Yes, well spotted! :clap:
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sun Aug 21, 2022 9:26 pm

Thanks jmb

What's the name of this lochan ?

lochan cropped 21.8.2022.JPG
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:23 pm

Here's the same photo not cropped quite so much

lochan less cropped 21.8.2022.JPG.JPG
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Caberfeidh » Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:53 am

Is it those wee lochs up the north end of Raasay?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:20 pm

Caberfeidh wrote:Is it those wee lochs up the north end of Raasay?
Nope, 'fraid not. The cropped hill in the background would be recognised by many/most users on this site.
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