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Name that Loch!

Re: Name that Loch!

Postby hailiamdigby » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:13 pm

In Sgurr's absence, I'm going to submit this picture.
I'll be impressed if someone gets it but we'll see :)
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby hailiamdigby » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:11 pm

Time's up.
Any guesses on this one?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby malky_c » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:28 pm

The general area looks familiar, but not sure if I've stood right next to it. Sgurr Mor and Sgurr an Fhuaran in the background confirm the approximate location. I'm going for Lochan Coire Chaolais Bhig below Meall nan Eun.

Great spot - would love to camp there 8)
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby hailiamdigby » Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:53 pm

Malky, you have well and truly earned that one! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Hats off, that man :D

Over to you!
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby malky_c » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:17 pm

Cheers - it was a toss up between that and a couple of others in the area.

Here's another - a tiny loch near a bigger one:
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:20 pm

Initial thought was somewhere near Poca Buidhe but doesn't look the right angle - Loch na Cabhaig beside Loch a' Bhealaich ? (or might be very embarrassed if wrong .... :roll: )

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby malky_c » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:54 am

You were hot then slightly colder. Nothing to be embarrassed about though - you're in the right neck of the woods.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby electricfly » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:55 am

Judging by the angles in both the above photos, I'd have gone for one of the 3 Gorm-lochs, Gorm-loch na Beinne perhaps as Beinn Eighe looks slightly closer in Malky's photo?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby malky_c » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:13 pm

Even closer! Competition is hotting up now :wink:
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby electricfly » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:40 pm

So, I guess I should eliminate the other two Gorm-lochs...

Gorm-loch Fada? and if that's wrong, Gorm-loch an Eilein? :lol:
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby malky_c » Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:16 pm

Gorm Lochan Fada it is :D . Now I'd be embarrassed if I was Rockhopper.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby electricfly » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:49 pm

Cheers Malky, I was trying to work that out using this reverse view that I took from Beinn Eighe, then RH had me questioning the angles with his image. :crazy:

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...OK, can you tell me the loch (top left) that this stream is flowing into here?

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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby hailiamdigby » Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:35 pm

A guess.
Loch Affric?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:14 pm

malky_c wrote:Gorm Lochan Fada it is :D . Now I'd be embarrassed if I was Rockhopper.
:oops: aw c'mon - they're only 1.2km apart :lol:
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby malky_c » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:02 pm

rockhopper wrote:
malky_c wrote:Gorm Lochan Fada it is :D . Now I'd be embarrassed if I was Rockhopper.
:oops: aw c'mon - they're only 1.2km apart :lol:

Only because it looks like you set it up for Electricfly to win :wink:
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