Scottish Location on "Ray Mears' Bushcraft".

[The Cumbrian]

On series two of Ray Mears' Bushcraft, towards the end of the Four Seasons film, Ray is saying that he likes to go to Scotland in the autumn. During this, there's an aerial view of a narrow loch that widens towards the top of the shot, with quite a few islands in it. Does anyone here know which loch this is?

There's an earlier shot ( which may not be of the same loch ), that shows a multi - peaked mountain at the end of a loch that reminds me of Loch Awe, but I may be guilty of trying to make an image fit a memory with that one.


Cheers, Michael.

 

[Barn Owl]

It's highland Perthshire area he likes most.
Heard him say that on a programme.

 

[Shewie]

Could it be Maree Michael, I think he's got a liking for the north west coast too.

I'll have to stick it on again and see if I recognise it.

There was a great BBC film about Maree but I can't find it at the moment

See if this looks familiar ...
[video=youtube;_7S_HMslF2U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7S_HMslF2U[/video]

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Somewhere near here i would have thought.... It gives thanks to the estate in the credits, so I'm guessing thats where he stayed as basecamp.

There's also mention of ' Loch an Eilein' on the site.

http://www.rothiemurchus.net/

 

[The Cumbrian]

It's not somewhere that's mentioned, it's a generic "Highland" aerial shot, to show the grandeur of the area.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Loch Sunart... Well, the shape of the loch is identical from the scene- to the shape on google maps looking from the east to west.

 

[The Cumbrian]

Loch Sunart... Well, the shape of the loch is identical from the scene- to the shape on google maps looking from the east to west.

You had me convinced of that for a while, but there are too many islands. I now think that it's a view of Loch Lomond from the north. It's the only loch that I can think of with lots of islands where it widens.

Cheers, Michael.

 

[Angus Og]

You had me convinced of that for a while, but there are too many islands. I now think that it's a view of Loch Lomond from the north. It's the only loch that I can think of with lots of islands where it widens.

Cheers, Michael.

I think its Loch Lomond to.

 

[Angus Og]

 

[JonathanD]

That's pretty definitive.

 

[Angus Og]

Easy to reach from the Central Belt in a helicopter for the scenic shots.

 

[The Cumbrian]

Excellent stuff there, that settles all doubts. I've driven past Loch Lomond loads of times heading north on climbing and paddling trips, but I've never stopped there. I think that it's top of the list for this spring's paddling trip.

Cheers, Michael.