Where Am I? No. 211 - Feeling Sheepish...

[Annie65115]

There are more of the Cuillins and they are spikier!

[despair]

And possibly spookier too,I seem to remember.

Regards
Roger

[Skoosh]

North Country Cheviots in Sutherland!

Skoosh.

[Annie65115]

Cheviot sheep or Cheviot hills? Sutherland is in the far north of Scotland which is not where the Cheviot hills are so I'm a bit confused!

[Skoosh]

North Country Cheviots, a larger strain of Cheviot sheep raised in the north of Scotland, came north with the Border shepherds after the Highland Clearances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Country_Cheviot

@ Annie, what you might regard as north is south to us!

Skoosh.

[Trishanne]

I have been searching the Scottish Paps, Jura or Glencoe perhaps, but can't find a photo of them at a similar angle.
Pat

[arthurk]

One thing I did notice is the trees - they're reasonably tall, and upright. Does this actually rule out the western coasts? And would that mean it's an inland lake, or is there anywhere like this near a sheltered (eastern?) coast?

I need to revise that suggestion:

I've just watched the new WDYTYA episode with Paul Hollywood, and was interested to see when he went to Poolewe in Rossshire that there were quite a few places with "normal" trees. So although there are exposed places on western coasts and islands where trees are stunted or non-existent, there are clearly also places that are more sheltered. I might now have a look in Rossshire...

Arthur

[arthurk]

I've just watched the new WDYTYA episode with Paul Hollywood, and was interested to see when he went to Poolewe in Rossshire that there were quite a few places with "normal" trees. So although there are exposed places on western coasts and islands where trees are stunted or non-existent, there are clearly also places that are more sheltered. I might now have a look in Rossshire...

Another one bites the dust - I think! I'd be grateful for confirmation from someone who actually knows the area; I've only been looking at a computer screen.

Wester Ross is indeed where I think it is. Have a look at these pictures of Cul Mor taken from Elphin:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1118110
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cul_Mor_over_Ledmor_River_and_Elphin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_628173.jpg
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/862089

I don't seem to have found exactly the same view, though the shape of the mountain seems to be right. And there are upright trees too. Looking at the map, Cul Mor is between two inland lochs, and Elphin, at the head of one of them, is well inland. Cul Mor will provide a great deal of shelter from the westerly winds.

Arthur

[Mike in Cumbria]

Well done Arthur - no shadow of a doubt about that one.