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Name that Loch!

Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:43 pm

Loch Dunvegan?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Caberfeidh » Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:10 am

Sunset tripper wrote:Loch Dunvegan?


Correct ! It was like the ice age had come back ... well, a bit anyway. :shock:
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:37 pm

Cheers Caberfeidh. I remembered us talking about the frozen sea before. I walked across Oban Bay once as a kid. :shock:

Here's a photo of a lochan I took this Monday in far nicer conditions. :D
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Caberfeidh » Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:46 am

Lochan Uaine, shoulder of Derry Cairngorm, Glen Derry?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Sat Jul 20, 2019 11:46 am

Caberfeidh wrote:Lochan Uaine, shoulder of Derry Cairngorm, Glen Derry?

A lot smaller than that and to the west and south.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:00 pm

Is it named on the 1:50,000 ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:41 pm

rockhopper wrote:Is it named on the 1:50,000 ?

Just had a look and it's not named though it is shown.
Its named on the OS 1:25,000
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:01 pm

Any where near the Grey Corries ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:21 pm

rockhopper wrote:Any where near the Grey Corries ?

Within 10km I would say.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby rockhopper » Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:30 pm

The rocks look rather Grey Corrie-ish. The lochan in Coire Ràth ?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:27 am

rockhopper wrote:The rocks look rather Grey Corrie-ish. The lochan in Coire Ràth ?

West of there.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby SummitStupid » Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:02 am

Lochan Coire na Ciste?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Alteknacker » Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:28 am

Lochan Coire nam Miseach?
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:28 pm

Alteknacker wrote:Lochan Coire nam Miseach?


No not there.
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Re: Name that Loch!

Postby Sunset tripper » Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:29 pm

SummitStupid wrote:Lochan Coire na Ciste?

Yes that's the one. All yours. :D
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