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Name that Loch!

Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Caberfeidh » Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:44 am

Loch Ard, Trossachs?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:57 pm

Not Loch Ard. North of the Great Glen.


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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Caberfeidh » Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:38 am

Loch Maree?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:00 am

Not Maree.

The hills in the background are Corbetts, normally accessed from the far side.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Stevekerr188 » Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:12 pm

Loch Clair in Torridon?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:20 pm

Not Loch Clair, further south, and a bigger loch.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:02 pm

Loch Eilt with An Stac, Rois-Bheinn and Sgurr na Ba Glaise ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:10 pm

rockhopper wrote:Loch Eilt with An Stac, Rois-Bheinn and Sgurr na Ba Glaise ?


Much closer, but not Eilt
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Alteknacker » Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:23 am

Loch Shiel, Druim Tarsuinn et al in the background?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:40 am

Alteknacker wrote:Loch Shiel, Druim Tarsuinn et al in the background?



Loch Shiel it is. From bobbing about in the canoe just off the north shore of the lower loch, west of Finan's Isle, which has a very different feel to the classic view from the Glenfinnan end. Most prominent peak towards the left is Sgurr Dhomhnuill, then Sgurr na h-Ighinn and Sgurr a Chaorainn to the right.

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Alteknacker » Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:37 pm

Where's the beach? (deck chairs and crowds just out of the picture....)

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Caberfeidh » Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:09 am

Loch Enoch, Galloway?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Alteknacker » Sun Oct 11, 2020 11:33 pm

Not that one - a loooooooong way further north.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby kaye.cantlay » Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:47 am

Lochan na h-Earba?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Alteknacker » Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:59 pm

kaye.cantlay wrote:Lochan na h-Earba?


I can see why you might think it's that particular lochan, but, not this is not it.

It's a good bit further west and north...
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