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02-20-2010, 03:19 PM
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Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
in the south end of Perthshire, Scotland.
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02-21-2010, 04:06 PM
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
What an absolutely stunning area, love the colour and composition of the image Claymore ....it just draws you in.
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02-21-2010, 08:26 PM
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
Great photo.. Doesn't look a bit like Perth Australia though.  |
02-22-2010, 04:14 AM
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
Beautiful shot!
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02-22-2010, 10:14 PM
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
Beautiful. Great perspective and makes me want to wrap up warmly and walk through it all.
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
Such smooth water, or is that ice? Speaking of ice, any ice skating done in Scotland in the winter on frozen lakes?
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
[quote=paintcrazy022]Such smooth water, or is that ice? Speaking of ice, any ice skating done in Scotland in the winter on frozen lakes?[/quote
Scotland is the grip of the hardest winter for 50 years at the moment and all the lochs have been frozen solid for weeks. Some brave souls venture out on the ice skating and we had a huge national "bonspiel" or curling event planned to take place a few weeks ago on the Lake of Menteith. However, it was thought the ice was too thin ( around 15 inches) and it was cancelled!
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03-01-2010, 05:09 PM
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
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Originally Posted by claymore
Scotland is the grip of the hardest winter for 50 years at the moment and all the lochs have been frozen solid for weeks. Some brave souls venture out on the ice skating and we had a huge national "bonspiel" or curling event planned to take place a few weeks ago on the Lake of Menteith. However, it was thought the ice was too thin ( around 15 inches) and it was cancelled!
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Wow!!! To thin at 15" !!!! ????
My husbands family ( with last name of Rae) came from the Island of Islay, Scotland, to Canada in the 1850's(?) I believe.
The people who owned our farm before we did, were/are avid curlers. We have a curling rink at our local community center. Must admit though I have never tried it.
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03-01-2010, 05:16 PM
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
Living in the tropics I find it hard to imagine a body of water so frozen that people can actually skate on them ... :-|
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
There's a local pond that's used as a natural outdoor rink near here. I've got used to seeing people on frozen ponds, but I still look twice when the tractor is driving around on it clearing the snow and smoothing the surface!
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03-10-2010, 05:13 AM
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
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Originally Posted by eeJamesK
There's a local pond that's used as a natural outdoor rink near here. I've got used to seeing people on frozen ponds, but I still look twice when the tractor is driving around on it clearing the snow and smoothing the surface!
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That would have me looking more than twice ....
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03-20-2010, 06:48 AM
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Re: Ben Chonzie and Loch Turret
It was a remarkable start to the year in Scotland and quite a bit of England too. I was lucky enough to be on the west coast of Scotland in early January and it was the first time I have seen ice on the sea.
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