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scottishvisitor Says: If you can tear yourself away from the Loch itself have a closer look at the mountains which surround and shelter it. They are said to be sleeping giant animals encased in solid rock. This place in summer has a much softer side too in the shape of wild flowers which bloom so...
Loch Assynt is just picture perfect
scottishvisitor Says: It would be hard to take a bad picture of the Highlands in Scotland. Someone from VT wrote you would have to leave the lens cover on. Well I do agree - but Sutherland despite its name and dark troubled history, holds so much beauty here in the Highlands. Perfect peace comes...
Take the Car it's the easiest option
scottishvisitor Says: Public transport is thin on the ground around this rural part of Scotland. Inverness is the nearest airport but has few flights from any major cities and is miles away from Sutherland anyway. Fuel prices are expensive again due to the rural location with miles between any...
Plan a Loch Assynt vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Loch Assynt locals
It would be hard to take a bad picture of the Highlands in Scotland. Someone from VT wrote you would have to leave the lens cover on. Well I do agree - but...
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For me the most beautiful loch in Scotland
During our Summer trip to Sutherland it was never our intention to revisit our past haunts. It had been raining hard for just one day of our holiday so we decided to head west to see if the sun was......
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The mountains of the Assynt region
Ever since I studied geology at university, I have had a love of the mountains of western Scotland, especially Suilven , Canisp, Quinag and Ben Mor. Suilven particularly stands out because it is...
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