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Snow on the hills

15 Tuesday Jan 2013

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It was a perfect winter’s day today, far too good to waste, so on with the boots and out of the door!

The road to Glen Sallach, ten minutes walk from home.

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Looking down on Blarcreen, nestling in the green fields, with the wooded slopes leading up to a snow topped Beinn Duirinnis behind and a very blue Loch Etive in front. The pointed peak in the distance is Ben Cruachan, covered in a blanket of snow, and not a cloud in the sky – perfect!

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A bit further up the hill and you can just see the’island’ at Bonawe and the loch turning the corner.  Cruachen can be seen more clearly.

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Looking down on Ardchattan Priory – what a perfect setting!

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The Connel Bridge, Dunstaffnage and the snowy mountains of Mull.

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Looking across Glen Sallach towards Beinn Bhreac.

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No – we ddin’t get this close to Cruachan, just zoomed in!

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It was so beautiful that I wanted to just keep on walking but, reluctantly, we had to head back home.

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Sun and Showers

22 Sunday Apr 2012

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As it was such a beautiful evening we set off up the hill behind the house to enjoy the sunset.  This was the view at 6.30pm, shortly after setting off.

It looked so enticing that we kept on heading upwards.

However, just half an hour later, the sky turned very dark indeed.

There was a rather watery rainbow in the distance:

But then the downpour reached us!  Hail as well as rain meant we were soaked to the skin by the time we got back down to the house.

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