Loch Arkaig - Highlands - Scotland - Yesterday

Typical Scottish summers day, myself and 8 friends planned this fishing/camping trip weeks ago.

Dimitri I need your weather gods mobile phone number as we were lashed with rain and high winds all night.

The weather was that bad I think I got about 30 mins photography, the strong wind kept blowing rain down the glen almost horizintally, so even when it wasn't raining above us my lenses and filters still got wet. Such a pity as the area around Loch Arkaig is stunning, even in bad weather.

Scottie, at least you still managed to get a couple of decent shots. (and some Bud )

Cheers Robert

We had to raise the spirits some how

Ironic that the sun is splitting the sky as I type this

absolutely right, windy but sunny here as well

hahaha,settled in for the night and the bud right next to you.
It doesn`t sound like it was all that bad at all.
I planned to go up the road yesterday but i prefered to spend some time with the offsprings instead,thank got i changed my mind the last minute,altough my Greek god had told me it was gonna be nice.
I need to have a word with him.
Anyway,the most important thing is...did you enjoy your self?
Beautyfull places up there indeed Scott and the pictures came out nice too.

Thanks Dimitri

We always make the most of our trips up north, whatever the weather, if it takes a few beers to have a right good laugh at how crazy we feel sitting by a loch in the p*ssing rain then so be it

I would love to get up there overnight in nice weather, unfortunately its 135 miles away so not so easy to get too.

The weather may have been poor there Scottie, but you still managed to capture some very nice photos.

Thanks John

Although the sun was nowhere to be seen we had the right kind of cloud if you know what I mean It had detail, wasn't overcast.

It was the rain and wind that scuppered anymore shots

Budweiser??

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J T wrote:
Budweiser??

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I'm sure I had a few rum and cokes too

The weather is much better today, we were coming home anyway, some had left offspring with grandparents and some had to work tomorrow

Scottie, I like the picture of your Bud, but I have to agree JT regarding the taste ...

J T wrote:
Budweiser??

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Nice photographs, what were you fishing for was it pike or trout.

Graham

That sure is a sharp can of Bud

Olli wrote:
Scottie, I like the picture of your Bud, but I have to agree JT regarding the taste ...

:o Jings !!! To us Scots... a swally is a swally

I'm sure I had a few Stella too

Cheers Graham.........We fish for trout mostly, Saturday night was more like kite flying trying to get anything out into the loch

EOSAddict wrote:
That sure is a sharp can of Bud

I should've been drinking it rather than photographing it

Shame about the weather, Scottie, but at least you can some shots in the can