By Loch Alsh

Along Loch Duich and Loch Alsh

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August 18th 2011
Thursday The western shores of Loch Duich offer a view across to Dornie and Eilean Donan castle. Where the land curves eastwards at Totaig, we stood to watch a school of porpoises heading into Loch Duich from Loch Alsh. As the path climbed, we stopped to taste blackberries and tiny, sweet wild raspberries. On a hill overlooking the two lochs, surrounded by bracken, is a broch. This dry ston ... read more

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