So beautiful, Chris. All the different colors and rich textures...I just
want to reach out and run my hand through the grasses. Enjoyed browsing
your gallery as well. I find that, not surprisingly, I often quite enjoy
your perspective. :-)
Enjoy your holiday!
Candace
On 9/4/13 3:00 AM, Chris Barker 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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Have a wonderful day,
Candace & Co.
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