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At 10.30am, the temperature was 0ºC and the sun had not yet reached our windscreen.

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Somehow, Arran always looks bigger from this angle than from further south, although the light was quite hazy this morning.

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Presumably this Maersk line ship was bringing fuel to the POL depot on Loch Striven.

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After last week's storm, it's interesting to see what trees have survived while others did not.

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This huge tree had destroyed part of the drystane dyke at Inverchaolin and had obviously fallen right across the road.

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Much of the fallen timber ends up in neat logs after the road has been cleared.

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This tree has obviously been affected by not only the wind but also the downfall of its neighbour (previous pic)

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This evergreen had taken another tree down in the same patch of earth as it stood.

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Even the surviving trees have acquired a drunken list

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Loch Striven

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There is a whole colony of eiders in the RH side of the photo - we could hear their Frankie Howerd impersonations.

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..in the still loch

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Our 12 hour powercut after the storm was perfectly cosy except when we wanted to wash - there was no hot water.

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We usually have the candles on the windowsill, but it was as well there were no bones to look out for ...

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- a single-burner camping stove perched on top of the electric hobs. I had a torch dangling from the...

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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2012

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We went for a walk through the grounds of Castle Toward, south of Dunoon. The sound of chainsaws and...

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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2012

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