It Always Rains in Scotland

[Scots_Charles_River]

Had a wee paddle today around the islands of eastern loch lomond.

Launch Beach.

The View North

Lunch stop

Deer tracks on the island ?

 

[Shewie]

Cracking photos SCR

SOAR mentioned at the meet last night that he`d seen deer tracks on an island on Loch Awe, I didn`t even realise they could swim that well. It would be a great sight to see one day though.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

I have seen a wee dappled fawn swim out from the mainland to Inchcailloch before.
The drovers used to get cattle to swim to the mainland from Skye.

Nick

 

[Gill]

was that from Balmaha to inchcailloch SCR

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Yes, but Millarochy bay out.

Nick

 

[Gailainne]

I like all the photos, but that second one is amazing, the loch looks brilliant, its been a while since I've been up that way, that must have been some wide angle lense 15-18mm ?

Regards

Stephen

 

[Toddy]

Beautiful SCR, just beautiful

My eldest as an infant toddled out in his wee red wellies at Millarochy bay, looked out over the loch, stretched his arms as wide as he could and said, "Mine ! "......I thought at the time he was being a bit ambitious , but photos like that show just why even our babies love the place

cheers,
Toddy

 

[alpha_centaur]

Cracking photos SCR

SOAR mentioned at the meet last night that he`d seen deer tracks on an island on Loch Awe, I didn`t even realise they could swim that well. It would be a great sight to see one day though.

Yeah we've occasionally had them on the island here when they've falen in a river during a storm and been washed out into the estuary and swum in. There was also a stag on Wee Cumbrae a few years back that may have come from Arran.

 

[Mistwalker]

Beautiful pictures!! Here the deer often swim across the river and out onto the islands in the lakes.

 

[P@gan]

In contrast...I remember my wife taking my stepdaughter to Loch Lomond while they were living with me in Embra.
She's an Aussie.
She said it was beautiful. But that it was SO cold. And then it started to rain and the raindrops were like ice daggers going horizontal.
So they both ran for the car and gave up. When they got back I said they should've waited for 1/2 hr. But what the heck, they didn't know. LOL
She said she'd seen pictures on the TV of the Lochs and such but couldn't comprehend the cold, 'cos it looked so warm.
Your a lucky bugger to live in such a great place.