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Just beyond Loch Tollaidh, heading north, we come to the Tollie viewpoint where the entire length of Scotland's Loch Maree comes into view. This is a scene that stops everyone in their tracks as they drive along the road between Poolewe and Gairloch. This view becomes visible on a sharp bend in the road at a place called Tollie, and those well used to travelling this road are alert for visitors who have parked in a small lay-by there, crossing back and forth over the road.
This vantage point allows a view down the entire 20 kilometre length of Loch Maree, and to the distant hills beyond, a stunning landscape, depending on the weather of course! On the day I took this photograph I was attracted by the low-lying clouds partly obscuring the hills. The small island silhouetted in the distance is Isle Maree, reputed sanctuary of St Maelrubha who brought Christianity to this area in the 7th century.
Tollie Crags are on the right, Tollie Bay in the foreground, and on the left the upper slopes of Beinn Airigh are obscured by cloud.
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