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On the second day of our holiday
Graham and
I have left Cannich and travelled via Loch Ness and Invergarry, and
have
decided to follow the lonely Kinloch Hourn road alongside the north
shore
of Loch Garry, pictured here. |
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Graham ponders the scenery around
Loch Garry |
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Further along the road, past the
Tomdoun
Hotel, we reached the magnificent scenery around Loch Quoich. |
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Looking westwards into the light
and towards
the Knoydart and Kintail mountains. |
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Loch Quoich and the Kintail munros |
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Sgurr a Mhaoriach and Gleouriach
seen from
Loch Quoich |
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The Knoydart and Kintail mountains
from Loch
Quoich |
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Gleann Hourn, and the short run
down from
the watershed to Loch Hourn |
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Kinloch Hourn |
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Kinloch Hourn |
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Loch Hourn (supposedly "Lake of
Hell"). Looks
pretty idyllic to me. |
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After an overnight B&B with
forest ranger
Sandy Ferguson and his wife, we've driven back to the main road and
have
stopped at the Loch Garry viewpoint. The Kintail peaks are seen in the
distance. |
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Loch Loyne, with Spidean Mialach
and the
South Glenshiel Ridge at the far end. |
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Looking along Loch Loyne to the
east, with
Glen Morriston beyond. |
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We turned left into Glen Shiel,
where the
road first passes along the north shore of Loch Cluanie |
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Aonach air Chrith and Maol
Chinn-Dearg, two
of the seven munros of the South Glenshiel ridge. |
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The western half of the South
Glenshiel Ridge. |
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The steep slopes of Sgurr Fhuaran
on the
north side of the glen. |
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Looking directly along the Shiel
river towards
the Saddle. |
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The Saddle group seen from near
Shiel Bridge. |
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The weather was not so good on the
following
day, but Graham and I returned to Glen Shiel and hiked into Coire
Toiteil,
between Sgurr na Sgine and Sgurr a Bhac Chaolais |
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In the evening a hazy sun came out,
casting
a limpid but warm glow over Loch Duich, seen here from near Eilean
Donan
Castle. |
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A magnificently backlit Eilean
Donan Castle. |
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Loch Duich |
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Eilean Donan Castle, contre-jour |
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The sun glints between the drifts
of wrack
on the shore of Loch Duich |
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Golden sky, and the Red Cuillin of
Skye,
seen along the length of Loch Alsh. |
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The bridge linking Eilean Donan
Castle with
the shore. |
