Let's go out of Sneck

[+Gringo]

On 9/25/2023 at 1:11 PM, IBM said:

On the way to see this

Aye. Triggers Broom. I hear it was involved in little bump at Aviemore yesterday (29/09). 

[Robert]

Not asking where it is but what it is! My wife didn’t believe it was real when I told her so I took this short video. It’s in a garden about half a mile from me.

 

[tm4tj]

It's a bird, yep, definitely a bird...

[Yngwie]

Harris Hawk I think.

[Robert]

Thanks, any thoughts as why someone would have one tied to a pole in their garden? They have chickens roaming too, so possibly something to do with that?

[IBM]

I am not sure if this one has been posted here before. Shouldn’t be too hard. 

[Yngwie]

On 10/27/2023 at 9:25 AM, Robert said:

Thanks, any thoughts as why someone would have one tied to a pole in their garden? They have chickens roaming too, so possibly something to do with that?

Tied to the pole so it doesn’t fly away or kill the chickens! Don’t really know, but they are commonly used in falconry.

[Robert]

Sorry, I meant why would you have them in your garden in the first place?

[+Gringo]

Could any of you pin the exact location of this pic please. It was taken on my first ever tour of Scotland in 1978 - hence the poor quality. It was one of the first shots, I think, that I took on the tour and fairly sure it's in Dumfries & Galloway. We were head for Ayr via Dumfries.

[+snorbens_caleyman]

1 hour ago, Gringo said:

 fairly sure it's in Dumfries & Galloway. We were head for Ayr via Dumfries.

Cioch na h’Oighe on the Isle of Arran!

[+snorbens_caleyman]

On 11/10/2023 at 9:27 PM, IBM said:

I am not sure if this one has been posted here before. Shouldn’t be too hard.

Interesting viewpoint!  Not far out of town...

[IBM]

5 minutes ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Interesting viewpoint!  Not far out of town...

Yes from the early 60's, the hotel beside caravan park is still there but the pier is long gone.

I had no idea on the one from Gringo.

[The Mantis]

3 hours ago, Gringo said:

Could any of you pin the exact location of this pic please. It was taken on my first ever tour of Scotland in 1978 - hence the poor quality. It was one of the first shots, I think, that I took on the tour and fairly sure it's in Dumfries & Galloway. We were head for Ayr via Dumfries.

 

1 hour ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Cioch na h’Oighe on the Isle of Arran!

https://mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/arran-a-coward-on-cioch-na-h-oighe/
almost the same photo in this article

[The Mantis]

1 hour ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Interesting viewpoint!  Not far out of town...

I thought Invergordon but maybe a bit ‘far out of town’

[IBM]

1 hour ago, The Mantis said:

I thought Invergordon but maybe a bit ‘far out of town’

Wrong direction 

[Robert]

My first thought was Ardersier. 

[IBM]

11 minutes ago, Robert said:

My first thought was Ardersier. 

You might want to go with your first thought and name the hotel next to the caravans.

[+Gringo]

4 hours ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Cioch na h’Oighe on the Isle of Arran!

 

2 hours ago, The Mantis said:

 

https://mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/arran-a-coward-on-cioch-na-h-oighe/
almost the same photo in this article

Many thanks guys. We did Arran on the second day of the tour. Would this image also be on Arran?

[Robert]

1 hour ago, IBM said:

You might want to go with your first thought and name the hotel next to the caravans.

Is it the one that is still there? I can’t recall it’s name.

[IBM]

35 minutes ago, Robert said:

Is it the one that is still there? I can’t recall it’s name.

The Gun Lodge which is reputed to be haunted.

[+snorbens_caleyman]

1 hour ago, Gringo said:

 

Many thanks guys. We did Arran on the second day of the tour. Would this image also be on Arran?

I'd guess that you were beside the ruined castle at Lochranza in the north of the island?

[+Gringo]

Got three more I'm struggling with. Pic 1 might be Gairloch area? As for 2 and 3 I,m struggling.

 

[The Mantis]

45 minutes ago, Gringo said:

Got three more I'm struggling with. Pic 1 might be Gairloch area? As for 2 and 3 I,m struggling.

 

 

This one’s easy. Kylesku. You probably came off the ferry which has been replaced by a bridge. That’s Quinag (Cuinneag) behind. The boat is in the ferries topic somewhere.

 

[+Gringo]

4 minutes ago, The Mantis said:

 

Many thanks. Yes, defo on the ferry. The bridge wasn't even thought of back then 

I should have recognised Kyleshu having been there a few times since. Doh!

Cheers.

[The Mantis]

Think the first one is near the viewpoint at Drumbeg going by this photo of mine from about 4 years back