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On leaving Plockton one can enter a network of narrow single trackroads, and the one that runs closest to the southern shore of Loch Carron offers intriguing glimpses of fine views.
Unfortunately, this road, part way up a steep hillside and above the railway line, is almost completely overgrown with trees and shrubs, so all one gets are glimpses through dense foliage. Except at Craig where there is one clear opening affording views west over Loch Carron and back to Plockton village.
This is where this shot was taken. The island in the foreground is called Eilean na Creige Duibhe and beyond Plockton is the purplish heather covered hill at the end of the Applecross peninsula, then a bank of sea mist, and finally the silhouette of the island of Raasay.
To overcome the blocking foliage at the side of the Craig road I intend one day to climb to the tops of Creag an Duilisg which is about 350 metres above the loch below. The views from there will be clear and uninterupted and I imagine very fine.
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