Thanks, Joel.
I'm sure that Bob will do a much better job once he gets going on Scottish soil.
Chris
On 4 Sep 2013, at 12:59, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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