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Name that Loch!

Re: Name that Loch!

Postby FraserHughes » Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:34 pm

Loch Doon from ...err... Loch Doon Castle?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Caberfeidh » Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:31 pm

apollo0815 wrote:Loch Fyne then, looking across from Castle Lachlan?


Nooooooooooo...

FraserHughes wrote:Loch Doon from ...err... Loch Doon Castle?


Yay! Loch Doon in the Galloway Hills. The island is where the castle stood originally, until the dam was built and the castle (one of Robert The Bruce's old haunts) was taken apart and rebuilt on the shore. Over to you Fraser...
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby FraserHughes » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:50 pm

Thanks. Turns out I don't have many Loch photos! Lets try this...

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:08 pm

That's a Cruaching photo! :D

Cruachan Reservoir, possibly previously known as Lochan an Coire Cruachan or something...
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Alteknacker » Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:32 pm

Mal Grey wrote:That's a Cruaching photo! :D

Cruachan Reservoir, possibly previously known as Lochan an Coire Cruachan or something...


Oooh. You beat me to it by just a few minutes :D
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby FraserHughes » Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:00 pm

Cheers Mal, it was a fantastic day. Over to you.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:05 pm

Try this:

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rohan » Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:41 pm

Loch Sheil?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Mal Grey » Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:45 pm

rohan wrote:Loch Sheil?


Yep!
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rohan » Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:52 pm

That was just a pure, instinctive guess, now its going to take me a bitty longer to dig out a photo...
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rohan » Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:00 am

This should be quick

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Caberfeidh » Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:30 pm

Loch Muick?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rohan » Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:21 pm

Loch Muick?


No, about 90 miles out and over the other side of the Watershed of Scotland.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Mon Dec 10, 2018 1:45 pm

Loch a' Bhraoin ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rohan » Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:22 pm

Loch a' Bhraoin

No, but you are a lot closer.
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