I can't remember where Hamish McBeth was based, Bob, sorry.
But where we were was pretty blowy on one day, up to 73kts reported at
Stornoway, not many miles west of us across the sea. So the lochs had
white horses:
http://gallery.me.com/zuiko#100085/_9083255&bgcolor=black
And although Loch Inver is a sheltered sea loch the wind was whistling
up from the open sea at our cabin; this is it on a calm day:
http://gallery.me.com/zuiko#100085/_9113302&bgcolor=black
And the view across Loch Inver to part of Lochinver, with Suilven and
Canisp cloud-capped behind:
http://gallery.me.com/zuiko#100085/_9113301&bgcolor=black
It's probably a little more isolated than where you live, but just as
beautiful.
Chris
On 10 Oct 2009, at 20:11, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Ah, Penman. Rich, but deadly to some pens. Not so bad in others. I
> think I actually have a bottle or two around here somewhere, though
> I'm not sure I could lay my hands on them. I don't know Storm, but
> I've heard of Claret. Never tried it. I've got an Omas red that I like
> quite a lot. And there's an old Shaeffer, Persian something, that is
> _really_ nice.
>
> That place in Scotland, not where the fictional detective Hamish
> MacBeth hangs out, is it?
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bwp33.com
>
>
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 1:27 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Agreed! I received a couple of decent inks last Christmas: Caran
>> d'Ache "Storm" and Yard-o-Led "Claret". I am still only halfway
>> through Storm. I miss the Parker Penman inks, of which I have only a
>> bit of "Mocha" left. Apparently it tended to block pens and Parker
>> withdrew it several years ago.
>>
>> I don't have a view of the breakers here, but I know a lovely place
>> on
>> the northwest coast of Scotland that would fit that bill nicely ...
>
> --
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