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Name that Loch!

Re: Name that Loch!

Postby NeepNeep » Mon Oct 02, 2017 1:11 pm

Easy! (I hope :shock: ) - Loch Achtriochtan. Not that I ever knew the name of it before.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Mon Oct 02, 2017 5:20 pm

NeepNeep wrote:Easy! (I hope :shock: ) - Loch Achtriochtan. Not that I ever knew the name of it before.

Yes it maybe was a bit easy. All yours :D
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby NeepNeep » Wed Oct 04, 2017 5:47 pm

Another easy one...

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:05 pm

Loch nan Eun ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby NeepNeep » Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:10 am

told you it was easy - over to you.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:27 pm

cheers NN

what's the name of the loch to the right of the photo ?

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:34 pm

Loch an Laoigh? Looking Coulin/Torridonian in the distance...
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:46 pm

Mal Grey wrote:Loch an Laoigh? Looking Coulin/Torridonian in the distance...

Correct :clap: over to you - cheers :)
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:59 pm

rockhopper wrote:
Mal Grey wrote:Loch an Laoigh? Looking Coulin/Torridonian in the distance...

Correct :clap: over to you - cheers :)



Ta. Now to find something I haven't already posted several times...
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:30 pm

OK, try this one;


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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby BlackPanther » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:04 am

I know this one! I know this one! :wave:

It's Lochan Fada in the Fisherfields... Seen probably from Mullach CMF or Beinn Tarsuinn :D
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:01 pm

BlackPanther wrote:I know this one! I know this one! :wave:

It's Lochan Fada in the Fisherfields... Seen probably from Mullach CMF or Beinn Tarsuinn :D



Yep, spot on. Cropping out Beinn Eighe in the background didn't fool you!! :clap:
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby BlackPanther » Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:53 pm

Three visits to the Fisherfields this year - no way I could have forgotten that view :lol: :lol:

Next one... The hill in the background should be a dead giveaway:
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby BlackPanther » Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:56 am

Clue: just out of sight to the left is an iconic Graham. The hill in the background is a Corbett.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:13 am

I was pretty sure that was Cul Mor on first glance, but thought I'd leave it to see if anybody else comes in as I'm running out of photos...but what the heck...

I think its Fionn Loch, with Suilven out of site to the left.
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