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Loch Ard Gorge.
The gorge is named after the clipper ship Loch Ard, which ran aground on nearby Muttonbird Island on 1 June 1878 approaching the end of a three-month journey from England to Melbourne.
Of the fifty-four passengers and crew, only two survived: Tom Pearce, at 15 years of age, a ship's apprentice, and Eva Carmichael, an Irishwoman emigrating with her family, at 17 years of age.
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From the slopes of Beinn Mheadhoin we look back and have a great view of the high Cairngorm plateau reflected in the waters of Loch Etchachan.
Beinn Mheadhoin (pronounced Bane Vee-arrn) meaning 'The Middle Hill' stands at 1182 meters (3878 feet) and is my 14th Munro. The summit plateau is strewn with some spectacular granite rocky tors and lies at the remote heart of the Cairngorms. The cycle in up Glen Derry was 6.7 miles, with a further 3.7 hike to reach the summit. With the return, the days sees me covering 21 miles Bike & Hike.
Taken just before dawn on the slopes of Quinag, the sky was changing colour rapidly with the approaching sun. A great place to find a bit of solitude!
A storm had raged through the night and when I rose early to have a look it had passed. So I dressed quickly and was of down to the loch. The mountains in the background are part of the Cairingorms, mountains that I had climbed now and then. Conditions were perfect and I got to work.
Mire Loch is a freshwater loch on the west side of St. Abbs Head in the Scottish Borders. And if you go to the far end of the loch you see this: "Surprise view" flic.kr/p/2h6jUXb
This area was originally marshy and unusable, and so was flooded and is now part of the St. Abbs Head National Nature Reserve, providing a home for freshwater-loving birds.
I would have liked to have got down to a lower pov but the swan's approach was too swift!
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Looking north east on the banks of Loch Awe, I could sit here all day long, as every moment that passes offers something new to cherish
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Loch Garten and the adjoining Loch Mallachie are always great places to visit in any weather, but when the winds are light, the reflections of the Caledonian Forest in the peaty waters can look spectacular. I was lucky on the morning I took this image that the winds were light and the sun was out.
A Flickr friend posted a wonderful image of this boathouse in snowy conditions recently and it reminded me I hadn't looked at mine yet.
I had a look at them last night and quite like this one.
A dull yet calm day in the Cairngorms. This image was taken at Loch Mallachie, part of the RSPB's Abernethy nature reserve.
Loch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At 21.7 km long and with a maximum width of four kilometres, it is the fourth-largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface area is 28.7 km².
Loch Gamhna in the Cairngorms National Park. Given the sun, this really needed a filter but that old fence just needed photographing.
Is it Friday? How am I supposed to know? There is no dawn chorus of commuter cars on the road, no clattering trains rushing by, no bin lorry beepers, no background noise of airlines leaving contrails five miles above, no noise..... save........ A distant cuckoo's call. A faint splash as a merganser rushes across the loch's still and mirrored waters. The only other creature I saw, a stag stood 'king like' in the mist on a hump of soil tipped near the roadside in the village. All was quiet, and quite beautiful on Loch Shiel. It feels like Sunday morning on holiday
On our way to Morar on the west coast of Scotland we hit a really heavy snow shower. We turned down a side road and stopped at this small headland on Loch Eil
A lochlet sitting just above sea level at the far end of Luskentyre beach. On a sunny day it really is this colour!
Loch Kinord is a small freshwater loch in Muir of Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, just north of the River Dee and 5 miles (8 km) east of Ballater. It is about 1.6 km long.
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