Compo 10,328 Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 Another walk in the Coigach mountains, Assynt, noth west Scotland. When uploaded, I will post a few photos of my walk yesterday 26th July 2018 in what turned out to be the hottest day in the area since records began - still 28°C at 5.30pm....too hot for mountain walking, thus a four hour walk took me over eight hours to complete! Most of the mountain streams had dried up but luckily I found two from which I could replenish my water bottle. This one is a shot of "The Sentinel" (Lower left of photo). It is in a high gully on the north face of Sgor Tuath [note the road beyond the loch]. The smaller formation on top (Right of photo) is called "The Knob" for some reason. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 826 Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 Fabulous thank for posting this. I love this area for scenery and walks. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 Thanks Siddha. There will be more to come - I still have to get them out of the camera and uploaded to the internet. Found this John Ruskin quote and thought you might like it - have to say that I agree with it: "Summer is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." I tis especially true in places like the far north. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Here's another snifter for you....A triad of hills in Assynt, as seen from the summit of Sgor Tuath: Right to left 1. Cul Beag; 2. Cul Mor; 3. Suilven. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 A couple more shots from Ben an Eoin and Sgor Tuath: Sgor Tuath west top from the flank of Ben an Eoin. This was an interestign scramble: The only people spotted last Thursday during an 8hr walk. These people were on The Fiddler, a mountain across the glen. Taken witih a telephoto lens: The Fiddler from Ben an Eoin. Same mountain as previous photo: How many of these stones would you need to build Hadrian's drystone wall, I wonder? That's my rucksack and extended walking poles on the side of the stone.... Looking west towards the Outer Hebrides. You can just make out the islands as a smudge on the horizon: 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,299 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 All great pics Compo. Wish I was able enough to get up those hills. The triad of hills is quite spectacular as are the other pics but this one interests me most. I have seen them all quite often but either from the road or when boat fishing on the Lochs. Suilven is a totally different profile from you view. Loch Lurgainn in the foreground is on my wish list to fish. I have driven along it a few time and it looks very inviting. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 826 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Again! Brilliant to see …………. I hanker after these landscapes. You are so lucky Compo. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thanks for the compliments, gang! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 20 hours ago, PeverilPeril said: Loch Lurgainn in the foreground is on my wish list to fish. The loch is quite low at present PP; the bogs that surround it are unusually quite dry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,299 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Did you get any pics of Lochs Urigill, Veyatie and Cam? I would like to see how they look in low water conditions. In early June the levels were reasonable and I took my own boat out on Loch Veyatie. I used Ledmore Estate boats on the other lochs but it is not possible to get those heavy boats over a sand bar leading to Loch Mhadail. As it turned out there was a few inches of water separating the Lochs and we were able to drag my boat through. We were probably the only people to fish that loch from a boat this year. I just love that place. Some of the scenes from a boat are breathtaking. In calm sunny conditions the reflections of Suilven and Canisp on the water are awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 We had planned to stop and take a photo of Ben More Assynt from Elphin in which case I could have helped but we had just overtaken a lorry bound for Wick and so would have been stuck behind it for a further 25 miles had we stopped. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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