A September walk along the banks of the twin lochans that lie in a valley to the north of
Druim na Gearr Leacainn (map
here) put us in mind of an earlier life in a resort town on the south coast of England. The lochans have a pier....
....and a promenade along their shore.
They have bays, beaches...,
....headlands - the hill behind is
Stacan Dubh - sparkling blue water....
....and a boating lake.
They even have a war memorial, the cairn raised in memory of the New Zealand fighter pilot Fl/Lt Woodgate who crashed his Hurricane fighter into the cliff face in February 1944 - Diary accounts
here and
here.
The main difference is that, on a two-hour walk, we saw not another soul.
I caught my first Ardnamurchan trout in one of those lochs about 16 years ago!
ReplyDeleteI love looking at these blogs everyday, we are up there in a couple of weeks, with the boys, and these keep me going.
Thanks.
Jerry S