05. January 2015

More Applecross

Red deer on the road to Kishorn through the Damph Estate to Kishorn.
Red deer on the road to Kishorn through the Damph Estate to Kishorn.

These photos are from a drive from the northern tip of the Applecross Peninsula at Fearnmore via Shieldaig and the back road to Kishorn. We then headed for Plockton/Am Ploc and the crofting country there before rounding the coast to look across to Skye, back over the saddle to Loch Carron and the back road again to our precarious fastness in Fearnmore for another tempestuous night of gales buffeting the house.

Beinn Damh (868m) from the Kishorn road.
Beinn Damh (868m) from the Kishorn road.
Squall engulfing Bein Bhan (896m) from the Kishorn road.
Squall engulfing Bein Bhan (896m) from the Kishorn road.
The light snowfall picking out the detail of Beinn Bhan.
The light snowfall picking out the detail of Beinn Bhan.
The rain and wind draining colour from the day: one of the many islands scattered in the narrows of Loch Carron from Plockton/Am Ploc
The rain and wind draining colour from the day: one of the many islands scattered in the narrows of Loch Carron from Plockton/Am Ploc.
The clustered houses of Drumbuie and the mountains of Skye behind from the Plockton/Am Ploc and Kyle of Lochalsh road.
The clustered houses of Drumbuie and the mountains of Skye behind from the Plockton/Am Ploc and Kyle of Lochalsh road.
The view across to Kishorn and the Applecross peninsula from Porth an Eorna.
The view across to Kishorn and the Applecross peninsula from Porth an Eorna.
The freezing westerly whipping up the Inner Sound looking across to Scalpay and Skye.
The freezing westerly whipping up the Inner Sound looking across to Scalpay and Skye.
Moss and lichen encrusted hazel stand in the shelter of Port Ban.
Moss and lichen encrusted hazel stand in the shelter of Port Ban.
Close-up of beautiful lichen on hazel.
Close-up of beautiful lichen on hazel.
The scurrying sun on the Eilean an t-Srathaidh near Port Ban between Plockton and Portneora.
The scurrying sun on the Eilean an t-Srathaidh near Port Ban between Plockton and Portneora.
Lapstreak wooden boat at Port Ban that made me think of salmon.
Lapstreak wooden boat at Port Ban that made me think of salmon.
urious wind and towering clouds over the Red and Black Cuillins of Skye.
Furious wind and towering clouds over the Red and Black Cuillins of Skye.
Sudden brilliant sunshine on the bracken-clad hills behind Auchertyre on the road to Loch Carron.
Sudden brilliant sunshine on the bracken-clad hills behind Auchertyre on the road to Loch Carron.
The fantastically imposing view of Sgurr a Chaorachain and Na Ciochan rearing up from Loch Kishorn marking the Bealach na Ba to Applecross.
The fantastically imposing view of Sgurr a Chaorachain and Na Ciochan rearing up from Loch Kishorn marking the Bealach na Ba to Applecross.
Squall roaring off the Applecross mountains and obliterating Kishorn.
Squall roaring off the Applecross mountains and obliterating Kishorn.
The most northern Ash wood in Scotland and the UK at Rassal on the back road to Shieldaig.
The most northern Ash wood in Scotland and the UK at Rassal on the back road to Shieldaig.
The imposing bulk of Beinn Alligin from above Shieldaig looking across Loch Torridon to Alligin Shuas.
The imposing bulk of Beinn Alligin from above Shieldaig looking across Loch Torridon to Alligin Shuas.
The setting winter sun and the winding sngle-track road back to Fearnmore with Loch na Creige .
The setting winter sun and the winding sngle-track road back to Fearnmore with Loch na Creige.
Abandoned tin-roofed croft house at Fearnbeg.
Abandoned tin-roofed croft house at Fearnbeg.

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