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Slioch

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As we travelled towards home, hoping to reach Garve before the sun slipped below the horizon, we were caught by the beauty of this beast rising out of the waters. The Male Parental Unit interpreted my clicking camera followed by small sighs of exasperation as a tree would swing into my lens just at the point of capture... followed by the winding down of the window and the influx of freezing air to mean I needed a photo op stop. He obliged.

Warning Sign Loch Maree

High fences and decrepit signs warned against going closer to the edge of Loch Maree, but this intrepid blogger felt steady enough on her feet to step beyond the fence onto a huge slab of rock just to get the perfect angle...

Slioch

A great hulk of Torridonian sandstone on a base of Lewisian Gneiss, a Munro 3218ft high (981m). Slioch means The Spear in Gaelic, although from this angle Slioch seems to rise from Loch Maree almost sphinx-like in the setting sun.

Loch Maree itself is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland. It is peppered with more than thirty islands - including one island with its own loch containing another island. Loch Maree has other claims to fame, not least the presence of its own Kelpie - Muc-sheilch. Since my books are in storage I am limited in lore location for now...

I didn't spend too long out of the car... did I mention the freezing fog?

Freezing Fog