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forest, Frost, highlands, inverness, landscape, scenery, scotland, Winter Viewed 818 times	Viewed 83 times	Viewed 61 times	Viewed 74 times
Viewed 74 times	boat, Caledonian canal, Caley Inn, canal, highlands, inverness, local culture, loch ness, oceanography, research, science, scientific research, scotland, sepa, ship, Sir John Murray, survey, survey vessel, thomas telford Viewed 240 times	highlands, inverness, millburn, millburn academy, school, scotland Viewed 270 times	highlands, inverness, millburn, millburn academy, school, scotland Viewed 492 times
bike, chip shop, chippy, Denny, fish and chips, fish n chips, local culture, Mos Eisley, Niall MacKenzie, Ochil View, pub, run-down, scotland, Star Wars Viewed 985 times	Denny, Denny cross, post office, scotland Viewed 730 times	bank, Clydesdale bank, Denny, scotland Viewed 434 times	1960's buildings, Denny, run-down, scotland, shopping centre, shops Viewed 484 times
Denny, Denny cross, scotland, shopping centre, shops Viewed 484 times	Denny, Denny cross, scotland, shopping centre, shops Viewed 388 times	1960's buildings, Denny, Denny cross, scotland, shopping centre, shops Viewed 280 times	beach, highlands, loch, loch broom, scotland, ullapool Viewed 183 times
beach, loch, scotland, ullapool Viewed 171 times	beach, boat, loch, scotland, ullapool Viewed 162 times	highlands, landscape, scenery, scotland, snow poles Viewed 127 times	glascarnoch, highlands, landscape, loch, reservoir, scenery, scotland, water supply Viewed 168 times
glascarnoch, highlands, landscape, loch, reservoir, scenery, scotland, water supply Viewed 120 times	Aultguish, Aultguish Inn, glascarnoch, highlands, landscape, loch, reservoir, scenery, scotland, water supply Viewed 263 times	highlands, landscape, scenery, scotland Viewed 108 times	highlands, landscape, scenery, scotland Viewed 128 times
power station, scotland, tunnel Viewed 96 times	beach, dores, ducks, highlands, loch, loch ness, scotland Viewed 99 times	beach, fortrose, highlands, loch, moray firth, ripples, scotland Viewed 353 times	glasgow, partick, sandstone, scotland, tenaments Viewed 305 times
beach, embo, highlands, landscape, rocks, sand, scotland, sea, seaweed Viewed 103 times	beach, embo, highlands, rocks, scotland, sea, seaweed Viewed 211 times	cathedral, dornoch, highlands, scotland Viewed 172 times	derelict, ferns, forest, highlands, inverness, landscape, scotland Viewed 983 times

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andygondorf said:

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?

gwb1 said:

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.

andygondorf said:

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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bodelin jean-luc said:

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qzhx8l said:

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.

andygondorf said:

A derelict orchard wall (I think) in the Holm area of Inverness.

t3hOutlaw said:

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!

Scally said:

Nice snap. only stay the other side of Glasgow and I,ve never seen Denny.:D

Scally said:

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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