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Around Loch Skene - Winter
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View of White Coomb from where you would cross the Tail Burn to get to it from the track to Loch Skene. View of White Coomb from where you would cross the Tail Burn to get to it from the track to Loch Skene. View of White Coomb from where you would cross the Tail Burn to get to it from the track to Loch Skene.

04 Photographing the Grey Mare's Tail is no easy matter because most of the day it is in deep shadow - and really the best shots are to be got from the Ettrick Hills anyway as I have shown on page 3. So here we are above the water falls with White Coomb near the left edge of the above picture and Mid Craig on the right.
A group of 5 young men and two Labradors set off just before me from the car park intending to cross the Tail Burn just above the waterfalls and from there head up onto White Coomb. Three of them got across okay but two of them reckoned it was too dangerous and worked their way up the burn looking for a suitable place to cross. The stepping stones were covered in ice. In the pictures here they are looking for a safe crossing point.
In the second picture you can see the path which goes to Loch Skene and you can see how icy it is in places. Mid Craig is just left of centre and Lochcraig Head is on the right. Quite a bit of work has been put into making this path user-friendly.
The third picture shows you what this same scene looked like on 24th January.
Mid Craig and Lochcraig Head from near the Tail Burn.
Mid Craig and Lochcraig Head from near the Tail Burn as we approach Loch Skene.
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