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This particular photograph was taken before I came to live in Wester Ross. Staying for a few days in Gairloch on the Scottish north-west coast, I did as I always did when on holiday, got up at dawn to go on a landscape hunt.
I didn't know the area then as I do now, and this was only my second view of Loch Tollaidh. This is a stunningly beautiful location, taking on a whole variety of moods throughout the year.
I think this scene captures the peace and tranquillity that I always sought when escaping the pressures of work in the city for a few days.
North-west Highland Place Names
The landscape of the North-west Highlands and the Gaelic language are intimately connected. Other languages have contributed to the richness of our place names, notably Norse, but the North-west Highlands have for centuries been a Gaelic landscape. In listing the meanings of place names I have relied on authoritative sources wherever possible. For further information about sources please refer to North-west Highland Place Names in the main menu.
Gairloch; Gaelic, village named after the loch of the same name, Loch Gairloch, An Gearr-loch, the short loch.
Loch Tollaidh; Gaelic; ‘loch at the place of the holes’, there are also Tollie Farm, Tollie Bay, Tollie Rock, and Tollie Burn.
Tollie; Gaelic is Tollaidh, ‘place of the holes’, there are also Tollie Farm, Tollie Bay, Tollie Rock, Tollie Burn and Loch Tollaidh
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