#lochinver

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The Northern Highlands

Stoer Point                   Quinag

Lochinver                     Over Stoer Bay to Mountains

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Vestey's beach, Achmelvich Bay, Lochinver, Assynt, NC500, Scotland, UK by Janusz W.

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Coo Beach! 

Situated ten miles north of Lochinver, Clashnessie Bay is a clean, quiet and beautiful beach. With a rocky inlet and a big sandy shore, the beach is a fabulous wee place, it’s sheltered position and the  closeness of the Atlantic Ocean Gulf Stream gives the beach it’s very own  mild microclimate. 

A short walk upstream will take you to the Clashnessie Falls, a fifteen meter waterfall, dropping from the lochans above. Clashnessie Bay is famous for its ever changing weather and water colour, from tranquil turquoise to white foamy waves.

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Lochinver, Scotland - by Mitchell Coyle

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Assynt river evening by Marion McMurdo

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Looking from the summit of Meall Dubh towards the Kintail mountains, with Loch Cluanie hidden under a blanket of fog.

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Stoer Head Lighthouse.

The lighthouse here at Stoer Head is one of nearly 200 that are located all around Scotland’s wild coastline. Operated and maintained by the Northern Lighthouse Board they warn ships of dangerous waters and provide important navigational information. Between 1797 and 1938 Robert Stevenson and his descendants designed most of Scotland’s Lighthouses, including this dramatic building. The remote and challenging lighthouse locations underwrite an amazing historical achievement. Robert Stevenson’s talented family also included the famous writer Robert Louis Stevenson (his grandson). Visits with his father to remote lighthouses are thought to have inspired his books Kidnapped and Treasure Island.

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Achmelvich Beach by John Dunlop