Album Lakes, Lochs,Reservoirs,Tarns, Ponds from Herb Riddle

The splendour of Loch Morar

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:45:28 +0000

Walking this loch in weather like this make it impossible to pass by such views. Hope you like it as much as me.

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Trees of Loch Morar

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:29:48 +0000

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Another capture from this loch, concentrating on this trio of nearby trees. I liked the foreground one standing out from the far mountain and water with this very healthy foliage. The ones to the right are displaying their new growth of springtime leaf.

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The Pearl of Loch Morar

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:20:15 +0000

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Another view from this fabulous Highland Loch. The area is almost deserted except for the odd couple slowly walking and taking photos at seemingly random spots (˚◡˚)
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HFF ~ A Loch Morar pier

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:41:51 +0000

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We walked along this Loch side many years ago in rain and very grey weather. It seemed a miserable broody stretch of water then but what a difference today. This is one of a number of piers along its 18.8 km (11.7 miles) length and this photo belies its incredible depth of 310 m (1017 ft) making it the deepest in the UK and 17th deepest in the word. It has a surface area of 26.7 sq km (10.3 miles). (The deepest Sea loch is Loch Etive which is only 145 m deep (176ft).
Although there are some boats moored here, in the hours walking I only saw one moving across the water. See PiP for Loch church

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Loch nan Uamh and its Viaduct

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:18:47 +0000

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Once one has travelled on ‘The Road to the Isles” fyom Fort William to Mallaig, it is never forgotten here we are just a few miles south east of Arisaig and some 25miles west of Fort Wlliam. This is a sea-loch, part of the Atlantic Ocean and this viaduct carries the single West Highland Railway line from Fort William to Mallaig.

The very wide panoramic scene displays the area as a whole, best see via previous photo.
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The Road to the Isles, panorama

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:18:43 +0000

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A six photo 160° stitch . The sea is to our right.

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A Ringed Plover at Fort William.

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:06:17 +0000

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(Charadrius hiaticula). Seen on the shores of Loch Linnhe. (PiP)

“The Ringed Plover is a small, dumpy, short-legged wading bird. It's brownish grey above and whitish below. It has an orange bill, tipped with black, orange legs and a black-and-white pattern on its head and breast. In flight, it shows a broad, white wing-stripe. They mostly breed on beaches around the coast, but they have also now begun breeding inland in sand and gravel pits and former industrial sites. Many UK birds live here all year round, but birds from Europe winter in Britain, and birds from Greenland and Canada pass through on migration.” RSPB

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Ben Nevis from Loch Eil

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:16:53 +0000

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Having passed Fort William we come across a grand view of Britain’s highest mountain. We are about half way up Loch Eil here from Fort William and this single-line track is part of the West Highland Railway line that runs from Oban to Mallaig. (Technically it runs from Glasgow to Mallaig via a detour to Oban, a total distance of 205miles )
It would have been nice to see one of the occasional steam trains that runs along here on its way to Mallaig via the Glenfinnan Viaduct but we were still a couple of weeks early for that. PiP

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Fort William on Loch Linnhe

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:05:11 +0000

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Fort William, the gateway to the UK’s highest peak ‘Ben Nevis’ has a lot to offer the traveller. On the shores of Loch Linnhe to the west and the mountain of Ben Nevis to the east, few people cannot be awed by its splendours. Glen Nevis valley, home to Steall Falls and the nearby Nevis Range Mountain Resort has ski runs and forest trails. In the town centre, the West Highland Museum focused on regional life and history. To the northeast, Ben Nevis Distillery explores whisky production. Just out of town is the impressive Caledonian Canal entrance and Neptune's Staircase with the splendid Glenfinnan viaduct just a little further north west..
For us, to see it in this weather is almost a miracle as it is known to be one of the wettest towns in the UK.. PiP

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Loch Leven towards Glencoe

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:11:52 +0000

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As the clear water laps the banks, my image shows Loch Leven in the Scottish Highlands, featuring a view towards the Pap of Glencoe and Bidean nam Bian. The snow capped mountains creates a finish to this pictorial view for me. The top of this loch takes us to the village of Kinlochleven. See PiP for view above that village down Loch Leven.

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A Loch Lomond fence

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:10:04 +0000

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The blue hour here on the loch can be tantalising with such scenes and colours as this. As I slowly watch the last light of a wonderful sunset I always wonder when I will come this way again. Not for a year or two I fear!
Taken at Tarbet.

HFF ~ Enjoy the weekend.

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Loch an Nostarie

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 30 May 2026 07:07:47 +0000

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A panoramic view of this lonely loch. The weather looked like rain but it remained dry.

Loch an Nostarie is an irregular shaped shallow freshwater loch that lies about a mile north of the west-end of Loch Morar and about a mile south-east of Mallaig in the Lochaber district of Scotland. Its shore length is 6km.

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Rannock Moor over Lochan na h-achlaise

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 21 May 2026 07:08:11 +0000

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As we continue towards Glen Coe we drive through the famous Rannoch Moor area. A place of wild grasses, lakes and mountains which also has the distinction of being one of the coldest places in Britain during our winters.
Here we see the small Loch (Lochan) of ‘na h-achlaise’ with the mountain ‘Stob a’ Choire’ at 945 m behind. This is part of the Black Mount traverse.
Notice the paddle-boater on the water. PiP's

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A Loch Tulla look

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 19 May 2026 07:08:47 +0000

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As we head north west from Tarbet along the A82 we soon come to the famous Loch Tulla viewpoint. A nice parking area of the road from where we can see magnificent mountain scenery all around. Here I am looking south over the loch in the direction of ‘Bridge of Orchy’. The mountains we see here are known as ‘Black Mount’. Next stop, the Rannoch Moor viewpoint before glen Coe.

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Early morning Ben Lomond

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:16:01 +0000

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As the sun starts to melt away the early morning mist here on Loch Lomond, its famous mountain shows its head.

Ben Lomond is the most southerly Munro (a Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet). Rising to 974 meters (3,196 ft), it is located on the eastern shores of Loch Lomond within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It is highly accessible from Glasgow and offers stunning loch views.

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Tarbet landing stage

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:50:42 +0000

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Another look down Loch Lomond from this delightful spot. This time taken on a cold morning just as the mist over the water was rising. This presents quite a different view to the evening view shown on here a few days back now. PiP

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Evening on Loch Lomond

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 12 May 2026 07:12:45 +0000

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It’s difficult not to like this Loch. Is it any wonder that throughout millennium, poems and songs have been made about it? A scene here to warm our heart on this dark cool evening just after the sun has set, maybe rightly called the ‘blue hour’. A scene and P.O.V that was difficult not to point our camera to capture.

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Flooded piera at Coniston.

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:41:51 +0000

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A pier from where one would catch the ferry or cast-off your little rowboat almost completely underwater except for these post. All makes for an interesting capture though in these muted tones.

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The Lake at Hockham Hall

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:09:38 +0000

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Another look inside the grounds of this 25,000 acre Norfolk country park. We had actually sat at a nearby bench overlooking the lake where we watched the herd of deer across the water.

The PiP –adjacent photo shows a shot of this herd of fallow deer as they rest in the shade of large trees within this grassy parkland.

Have a perfect day.

Waterlogged Elterwater

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:05:16 +0000

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Weeks of torrential rain raises the water level here above the usual shore line, so making the seating here rather problematic. In spite of that, the views are still intriguing and rather satisfying.
In the distance we gat a glimpse of The Langdale Pikes one of the Lake District’s most iconic ranges.

Have a perfect day.