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Assynt from, near and afar

Assynt from, near and afar


by johnkaysleftleg » Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:07 pm

Fionas included on this walk: Sgùrr an Fhidhleir

Date walked: 29/05/2017

Distance: 8.5 km

Ascent: 710m

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Re: Assynt from, near and afar

Postby johnkaysleftleg » Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:20 am

BlackPanther wrote:WOW. Speechless for a moment. Reminding me how sensational area Assynt is...

I've got one Graham left to do in this corner, Beinn an Eoin. Looks very vertical from Fhidhleir side :shock:


Thanks BP. I wish I could get up there more often, not easy when you live in Englandshire :( Should be another truly epic summit view from Beinn an Eoin.
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Re: Assynt from, near and afar

Postby simon-b » Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:42 pm

Assynt is a place where weird is beautiful. Very well captured in your photos, Anthony.

Mentioning that 3:30 alarm made me smile. It was a very small cottage I shared with Pam and Emily in Wales, and they whinged when I got up at 8:00 on their last morning and disturbed them.
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Re: Assynt from, near and afar

Postby johnkaysleftleg » Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:22 am

simon-b wrote:Assynt is a place where weird is beautiful. Very well captured in your photos, Anthony.

Mentioning that 3:30 alarm made me smile. It was a very small cottage I shared with Pam and Emily in Wales, and they whinged when I got up at 8:00 on their last morning and disturbed them.


Cheers Simon, I got up at around that time a few times before for photos, when you go back to bed following the sunrise it just seems like a bit of a vivid dream to be honest.
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Re: Assynt from, near and afar

Postby Huff_n_Puff » Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:01 pm

Wonderful photos - the sunrise is pure dawn porn and I love the detail you've captured of the rock formations - just stunning. :clap: :clap:
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Re: Assynt from, near and afar

Postby johnkaysleftleg » Tue Jul 04, 2017 12:48 pm

Huff_n_Puff wrote:Wonderful photos - the sunrise is pure dawn porn and I love the detail you've captured of the rock formations - just stunning. :clap: :clap:


Thank you very much, it's a pleasure to share them :D
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Re: Assynt from, near and afar

Postby dogplodder » Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:27 pm

You should make a canvas of that sunrise - well worth getting out of bed at 3.30 am! :D
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Re: Assynt from, near and afar

Postby johnkaysleftleg » Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:29 am

dogplodder wrote:You should make a canvas of that sunrise - well worth getting out of bed at 3.30 am! :D


I may have to buy a bigger house as my walls are full already :wink:
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