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Loch Maree

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Loch Maree DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH BLOGGER THIS POST HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATELY TRASHED. I WAS HOPING THE ORIGINAL WOULD RETURN BUT IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS NOT TO BE. WHEN I HAVE THE TIME I SHALL ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THE POST. MEANWHILE I HOPE YOU FIND THE BITS THAT ARE LEFT AN INTERESTING READ. There is a Runrig song called 'The summer walkers' the first verse starts with these lines: Sometimes when you journey through the pages of a book you're taken places beyond words you let them speak the truth today I've opened treasures that my eyes could scant believe chorus And its up by The Shin And up by the Naver And the long winding shores of Loch Maree So as we headed north this year it seemed appropriate that our first paddle should be on Loch Maree. Loch Maree is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland. It is situated near the west coast in Wester Ross. The loch runs North East to South East it is 20km long and 2.5km at its widest point. The loch