Very pretty place, Chris. Excellent composition.
Joel W.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My wife and I are on holiday in the north of Scotland, just southeast of
> Cape Wrath, and the weather has been pretty atrocious: high winds, driving
> rain and low cloud. We have rented a very decent cottage with a fantastic
> view to the south along the Kyle of Durness, but the view has been visible
> less often than not, malheureusement.
>
> However, yesterday the rain held off, the cloudbase rose somewhat and the
> wind was bearable, albeit gusting over 30kts at times, so we walked to the
> other side of the Kyle of Durness, heading southeast along a track for a
> couple of miles. During the walk I saw this view and remarked on the
> colours of heather, grasses, boulders a mountain. The loch is Loch
> Meadaidh (still trying to find out how to pronounce that name) and the
> mountain is Beinn Ceannabeinne ("Kinbeyne", I think); Ceannabeinne
> apparently means "head, or end, of mountains" and there is a old settlement
> nearby of that name:
>
>
> http://images.threeshoes.biz/Photography/PPD/2013-cb-project-365/i-HMXKKzW/A
>
> The weather should remain fine today, so we are off to Kinlochbervie,
> perhaps to walk to Sandwood Bay, on the west coast. The wind should remain
> at bearable for a while as well.
>
> Chris
>
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