The Great Wall of China
...as it's known in our family. More prosaically, it's the pipe taking water down to the power station at the Killin end of Loch Tay.
A couple of days later, all is clear. The power station can just be seen among the trees by the loch shore.
From the land of brown and tan, how nice to see lots of green, with or without a "wall" running through it. Thanks for both views.
ReplyDeletePlenty of green. Green to spare, in fact. Although apparently our weather conditions over this non-summer mean that we might get an autumn display almost worthy of New England.
DeleteIt does rather looks like the Great Wall.
ReplyDeleteIt will have to do us - we're unlikely to take a trip to see the real thing!
DeleteCan't believe I've never noticed this before. I love your family name for it!
ReplyDeleteIt was my daughter who noticed it first - probably from a kayak in the middle of the loch.
DeleteOnce you see it you can't think that it's anything other than the Great Wall!
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DeleteMy husband was able to visit the Great Wall in China several years ago. He was on business and they set up a tour of it. The pictures are breathtaking! :)
ReplyDeleteThat must have been amazing. A compensation for what I guess must have been a strenuous business trip.
DeleteI have never seen this though have been through Killin a couple times but will look carefully if I should ever go there again. I like the family name for this otherwise ugly pipe.
ReplyDeleteA tip - it's best seen from the south shore of the loch.
DeleteAch!!! So even in Scotland scenery can be marred by something so mundane!!! And it does look a bit like the Great Wall!!!
ReplyDeleteThe biggest marring, to my mind, are the pylons. We have a lot of hydro power, with power stations of quite a cosy scale.
DeleteBeautiful scenery despite the man-made stuff.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question, our weather is wildly changeable year-round. Since that high-elevation snow we've had daytime temperatures in the 70s (well over 20 C), and winter tends to be sunny here with frequent warm interludes and occasional snow, although the snowstorms can sometimes be huge, dumping over 40 inches (100 cm) of snow in one day.
Chieftess and I think alike on this one. We have the same sort of thing in our California hills (the pylons). I suppose it serves civilization but it mars the visual pleasures. Wish we could have some of that hydro power!
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