On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> Beautiful. My wife and I visited Scotland in '91, but were mostly in
Glasgow. We did a day trip up to Dunfermline to find the Tiffany window in
the Abbey, and we also went to Aran and Edinburgh. Gorgeous country up
there.
Enjoy!
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Paul Braun WD9GCO
Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
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