>
>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.
>
How I would love to have the opportunity to walk across country such as
that. That photo is an example of what makes the Scottish countryside unique.
Chris
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