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Name that Loch!

Re: Name that Loch!

Postby mamoset » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:06 pm

Caberfeidh wrote:Oooo give us a clue ~ is that Galloway?

A lot further North than Galloway
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:42 am

mamoset wrote:
Caberfeidh wrote:Oooo give us a clue ~ is that Galloway?
A lot further North than Galloway


Didn't get much from that clue :roll: how about Lochan Uaine ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby mamoset » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:12 am

Despite their size they are both Lochs and Not Lochans.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby mamoset » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:48 pm

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Another pic of them
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby mamoset » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:12 pm

One of them is a tributary into a well known main river, also sharing the name
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:48 pm

mamoset wrote:One of them is a tributary into a well known main river, also sharing the name

Loch Spey and Loch á Bhànain ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby mamoset » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:00 pm

That's them rh
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:21 am

mamoset wrote:That's them rh

cheers - couldn't have got them without the clue "well known main river" - will have a look for a photo - cheers :)
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sat Feb 25, 2017 4:20 pm

okdoaky - here we go.....

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby mamoset » Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:11 pm

Lochan an t-Sluic up Glenfeshie
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:48 pm

mamoset wrote:Lochan an t-Sluic up Glenfeshie
That didn't take long - correct :thumbup: over to you - cheers :)
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby mamoset » Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:48 pm

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Which one is this
Remember seeing a pic of it not so long back
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:10 pm

Beinn a'Ghlo - Loch Moraig ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby mamoset » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:19 pm

rockhopper wrote:Beinn a'Ghlo - Loch Moraig ?

:clap: That took less long to get
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:45 pm

Thanks mamoset - the trees were the giveaway

okdoaky - this certainly wasn't taken yesterday (too much hair for starters) :wink: but in front of which loch am I standing ?

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