Which loch in Scotland is your favourite
thomas...@blueyonder.co.uk
As a traveller in the highlands and on the inner Hebridean waters for
45 years its a big question.
Weather and midges in the highlands are a big factor May June and
September are good times to visit-if you do encounter midges-move
elsewhere.
A good rule of thumb is the more remote the area the more stunning the
wild life.
If time is pressing there are several tours that could give you a trip
of a lifetime eg.
I took the 10.30 am ferry from Oban to Mull drove down the island-you
can get the bus.Beware of ironic Scottish humour in the drivers
commentary.
Took the little ferry to Staffa landed saw Fingles cave sea birds etc
then on to Iona saw the beach that every Scottish landscape painter
paints-its north of the abbey-back to Mull drove back up came up a
ridge and almost drove over the edge-there right beside the road
soaring in the updraft no more than 30 metres away two magnificent sea
eagles totally unconcerned with our prescence-a lifetime memory.
Back to Oban on the ferry all done in one day.
There is the trip to Orkney a one day trip-but-you must get to John-O-
Groats a three day round trip from Edinburgh.
Then there s the whirlpool between Jura and Scarba -a half day trip
from Crinan I always see golden eagles wild goats and of course deer.
On the little ferry to Skye-southern route I once saw a pod of minke
whales.
Among my favourite lochs are Loch Long-Gairloch and the lower Clyde
at Arran Tynabruich etc-strictly not a loch.I am partial to the rather
remote Mull of Kintyre especially the east side and I spend at least 3
weeks at the Findhorn Foundation campsite-Im a sucker for Nimrods
flying above my head at the perimeter fence and then going up to the
foundation cafe or music concert.There s lots to see along the Moray
firth-although landscape is rather flat the dolphins
battlefields{Culloden moor] castles and prehistoric relics make up for
it.
God its 1.30am and the roofers will be getting me up at 7.30am
goodnight all.
Tam
The Reid
>Took the little ferry to Staffa landed saw Fingles cave
I must do that one year!
> two magnificent sea
>eagles totally unconcerned with our prescence-a lifetime memory.
the sea eagle is of course extremely rare
>Back to Oban on the ferry all done in one day.
>There is the trip to Orkney a one day trip-but-you must get to John-O-
>Groats a three day round trip from Edinburgh.
I wouldn't do Orkney as a day trip! And include Shetland.
>I am partial to the rather
>remote Mull of Kintyre
and Crinan
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S Viemeister
> On 13 Apr 2007 17:36:07 -0700, thomas...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>>
>>There is the trip to Orkney a one day trip-but-you must get to John-O-
>>Groats a three day round trip from Edinburgh.
>
>
> I wouldn't do Orkney as a day trip! And include Shetland.
>
>
I've done Orkney as a day trip (but I started from Sutherland!).
tam
Yes its quite well organised.
Over on the ferry -met by trip bus- up the island to Kirkwall about 1 hour
stop see Scapa Flow on the way and the standing stones.
On to Stomness and Skara Brae finish at the little chapel built by the
Italian POWs.Back to the ferry and over to John O Groats.
I was very fortunate the day I did it-it was not raining and there was just
a strong breeze.
Its hard to describe just how remote the outer isles are- readers of the
board see the map of Scotland and must be tempted to believe that Scotland
is doable in a few days this is just not possible.Weather plays a vital part
and there are no motorways in the north.
Tam
tam
>
>> two magnificent sea
>>eagles totally unconcerned with our prescence-a lifetime memory.
>
As you say it is rare and I was VERY fortunate to see them-but-I do spend
several weeks on the west coast every year.
There is no mistaking that 8 foot wingspan with no taper.It looks like a
giant wooden plank with feathers on.Absolutely spell binding.
I once watched an eagle for over 2 hours teaching its chick to kill
rabbits.It was right beside the hill road north of Killigruer camp site 10
miles north of Campbelltown.
The adult would hover over a disused quarry and stoop towards the rabbits
calling to her chick.The rabbits strangely always came back out in the open
to be targetted.
Tam
The Reid
wrote:
>Its hard to describe just how remote the outer isles are- readers of the
>board see the map of Scotland and must be tempted to believe that Scotland
>is doable in a few days this is just not possible.Weather plays a vital part
>and there are no motorways in the north.
they also show the northern isles as an inset.
The Reid
wrote:
>> the sea eagle is of course extremely rare.
>As you say it is rare and I was VERY fortunate to see them-but-I do spend
>several weeks on the west coast every year.
>
>There is no mistaking that 8 foot wingspan with no taper
or the white tail.