Photos by andygondorf : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)
Millburn Academy old buildings
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Millburn Academy view
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The local pub, with "interesting" clientele
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Denny post office (1961)
750 views
Clydesdale bank building
451 views
Behind the old shopping centre and flats
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Looking up towards Denny cross
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Denny cross and traditional buildings
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Looking North from Denny cross.
287 views
Loch Broom from Ullapool beach
185 views
Shorefront houses on Ullapool beach
174 views
Loch Glascarnoch
121 views
Glascarnoch Dam wall and Aultguish Inn
268 views
Glascarnoch River and hills
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Cracking shot, you can really see the snowline in the distance. Glad to see it'll be put on Google Earth next time round. Got any more to submit?
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Looks a nice and clean beach and a great place to be on a sunny day. This picture would inspire me to come up to Embo Beach.
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A colourful collection of local clientele makes this an interesting place on Friday night; much like the cantina in Mos Eisley.
There used to be a chippy there when I was a kid (it's a Chinese take away now!) and the car park was a hang out for the young Niall MacKenzie, who lived just down the road.
For those not in the know, Niall was the three times British superbike champion. There was an article last year in "Bike" where he returned to find the area considerably more run down than twenty five years ago.
I agree, sadly.
The following was, of course, not copied from www.visordown.com in any way whatsoever and is purely my own guess at Niall's opinions:
"It's been a few years now since I moved from Scotland to south of the border but, as any ex-pat Scot will tell ye, the draw back home can be strong. The wind (and, yes, rain) in your face, coupled with the smell of the heather brings it all back.
Well, almost. For me the smell of freshly fried chips and spilt Irn Bru beats it as it reminds me of my background back home in Scotland. If you were a teenage bike nut in the '70s, the chances are a chunk of your life revolved around a chippie and its car park.
Mine was called the 'Ochil View' and was a freshly built, white pebble dashed building on the edge of a new council estate - and we loved it. Sadly, it's now a grubby shadow of its former self, but happy memories still linger; memories of sausage suppers smothered in brown sauce, eaten while watching and listening to a huge variety of bikes.
On a typical evening you would savour SS50s, Fizzies, AP50s, all the air-cooled RD Yamaha range and all the GT Suzukis plus the odd Laverda, Tiger Cub and Bonneville.
A favourite run on a Sunday for the 'big yins' was the 100-mile trip from nearby Stirling to Fort William, a twisty run through the forests and alongside the lochs of Stirling on some of the best Tarmac in Scotland. So 30 years on, I thought it was time to revisit my youth (and my chip shop) on four quite different bikes to see which would work best on a variety of roads and in the fickle Scottish summer weather. "
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Very nice photo.
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Thanks Sara,
It was one of my best days in Scotland, the other brilliant one was in the morning at Lake Loch Ness.
Regards, Frans.
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A derelict orchard wall (I think) in the Holm area of Inverness.
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tut tut
I'm shocked at your spelling Ms. Lynn. "form 2000ft"
Well I guess being up in a plane all the time might make you a bit dizzy so no worries :3
I was amazed to see some of your photos on google earth.
Oh yeh.. I'm just someone you've threatened with duck tape and a chair.. or was that Rob? I'm unsure.. anyways..
Take Care!
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Nice snap. only stay the other side of Glasgow and I,ve never seen Denny.:D
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I,ve stood here, must be the coldest I ever felt standing on a sunny beach, What a Wind? Looks nice today.:D
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