Loch Linnhe is the gateway to the great glen. It is where the gaels, called the Scoti by the Romans, created the kingdom of Dál Riata in the western highlands of Scotland, to which I feel very connected. The kingdom reached its height under the rule of my 44th grandfather Áedán mac Gabráin (r. 574–608).
This shot was taken from the remote coastal road on Morvern leading to Kingairloch as the weather started closing in over the Nevis range.
Loch Linnhe is the starting point of the great glen in Western Scotland which ends at loch Ness and Inverness.
Loch Linnhe runs inland for miles from the open Atlantic ocean, past the isle of Mull and on to Fort Willam at the foot of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain.
On route and opposite the isle of Mull is the wild and virtually uninhabited land of Morvern and its mysterious mountains.
You can only explore them on foot, but it is a serious undertaking and only for the true explorer.
The western highlands of Scotland are magnificent and truly photogenic.
