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This particular image was taken before I came to live in Scotland's Wester Ross. Staying for a few days in Gairloch, I did as I always did when on holiday, got up at dawn to go on a landscape photograph 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.
The small island that can be seen in Loch Tollaidh is reputedly the site upon which a crannog once stood, however there is considerable doubt that this is so, following some research carried out by an underwater archaeology team from Edinburgh University.
At the end of the loch are the Tollaidh Crags, and in successive receding planes are Beinn Airigh Charr, A' Mhaighdean, Rhuadh Stac, Carn Mor and Beinn a' Chaisgein Mor.
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