We drove past this wee loch on the way up to Fort William and I thought it looked gorgeous, it reminded me of the fjords in Norway which have lots of islands in the middle of them. Except in Norway the people build cabins on the islands and use them as summer homes and weekend getaways. It’s called Loch Bà and we stopped off on the way back home to get some photos, it was a much nicer day then anyway. Loch Bà is a shallow irregular shaped freshwater loch lying to the southwest of Glen Coe within Rannoch Moor, Argyll and Bute, in the Highlands.
The photo above was taken at Spean Bridge, it doesn’t give you any idea of the grandeur of the scenery there though or the height of the mountains. As you can see, there’s a patch of snow on the mountain, and that was taken just last week on a very hot day in the middle of June. Some snow never melts up there. This is the area where the first commandos were formed and trained, during World War 2 and there is a memorial to them there, a spectacular spot for it but also very sad as there is an area set aside for personal memorials and although some date from World War 2 a lot of them were commemorating the deaths of men in Afghanistan, and they were all just lads really, a tragic waste to my mind.
If you have seen the Bond film Skyfall, you might recognise some of the scenery as they used this area of the highlands for some locations. You can read about it here.
More snow patches. Further south near Crianlarich.
Surprised no-one else has commented on the beautiful highland scenery! I love the Highlands and the north of Scotland, and though I might not feel comfortable living amongst the awesome high mountains I still like to have some hills in my view. I have the “rolling hills of the Borders” as my hills now whereas when I was a kid I could see the Pentlands from my window. I like water in my views too, river, loch, sea? River tweed runs past my windows, well, 50 yards away. Beautiful!
Evee,
I suppose it’s that ‘hills of home’ thing. I’m a green hills, loch and river person myself but those mountains are spectacular, although just a bit too remote for my liking.