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Torcross

Exercise Tiger

I took a bus to Torcross – it was very hot and humid – to look at the Sherman Tank Memorial to the World War II Exercise Tiger.

The amphibious tank was one lost in the bay in 1944 and subsequently recovered in 1984 and placed as a memorial to those who were lost.

Sherman D.D. Amphibious Tank Specification 1944
From the display

Slapton Ley

Torcross is one end of Slapton Ley.

Swans and ducks on Slapton Ley

Slapton Ley​
Slapton Ley

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Craigellachie National Nature Reserve

Craigellachie National Nature Reserve
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve

Strathspey Railway

Strathspey Railway 5025
Strathspey Railway 5025
Strathspey Railway 5025 front detail
Strathspey Railway 5025

River Findhorn at Logie Steading

River Findhorn at Logie Steading
River Findhorn at Logie Steading
Monochrome close-up of a fern
Fern in the sun

Isle of Skye

We moved onto the Isle of Skye.

The Bridge to Skye​
The Bridge to Skye

Loch Alsh from Kyleakin

Loch Alsh from Kyleakin

Loch Greshornish

Loch  Greshornish
Loch Greshornish
Loch Greshornish

Dunvegan

Dunvegan, The Duirinish Stone, Loch Dunvegan and the MacLeod’s Tables
Dunvegan, The Duirinish Stone, Loch Dunvegan and the MacLeod’s Tables
Dunvegan
On the walk to The Duirinish Stone a Pixie House
On the walk to The Duirinish Stone a Pixie House

The Duirinish Stone

The Duirinish Stone
The Duirinish Stone

Loch Dunvegan and the MacLeod’s Tables

Loch Dunvegan and the MacLeod’s Tables

Portree

Portree Harbour
Portree Harbour
Portree

Broadford

Broadford
Broadford
Pabay
Pabay

Loch Linnhe – Fort William

Loch Linnhe - Fort William
Loch Linnhe - Fort William
Loch Linnhe - Fort William

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