Usually when we drive to Littleferry we park at the *, walk to the mouth of Loch Fleet and then along the beach northwards but today we started by crossing the road and heading in the opposite direction, due west through a....
....pine plantation until we could look out upon the whole of the enclosed area of the loch. On the satellite image 'The Mound' (top left), which carries the present A9, is the causeway built in the early 19th century which effectively dams the River Fleet so the loch is only tidal now to that point.
This was this morning's view from the east shore of Loch Fleet looking southwest towards Skelbo (see satellite image) while....
....this looks west towards the hill that is called The Mound - the A9 causeway is just out of sight to the left.
The view to the right is of the northern part of the loch which, at low tide, is extensive mud flats and home for large numbers of winter migrants, including the greylags that fly north and south over us each day. The hill is Beinn Bhraggie with the Duke of Sutherland's monument standing on top.
From our viewpoint we turned left and walked a few hundred yards, a walk suggested by acquaintances we bumped into by the loch side who advised us to keep an eye open for something unusual. See him?
Here he is from the other side, very cleverly made of....
...chicken wire stuffed with pine cones and moss, perhaps the local version of a Banksy.
I have a photo looking over from Littleferry to the Ben Bhraggie on that morning, and you're both in it, very small! Lovely blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. Happy you enjoy the blog. Jon
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful blog! Incidentally, my photos from that morning are at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmRVQiVr (you're in no.66).
ReplyDeleteThank you. I enjoyed your Flikr photos - you certainly travel to some beautiful places.
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