First things first...

First things first...

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

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Arran from Innellan shore

Arran from Innellan shore

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

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Tranquil berth

Tranquil berth

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

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Survivors

Survivors

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

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Destruction

Destruction

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

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Destruction logged

Destruction logged

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

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A mighty fall

A mighty fall

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Battered neighbour

Battered neighbour

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

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Uprooted

Uprooted

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

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Startled forest

Startled forest

Even the surviving trees have acquired a drunken list

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Uprooted evergreens

Uprooted evergreens

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The road's end

The road's end

Loch Striven

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Reflections and eiders

Reflections and eiders

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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Duck wakes

Duck wakes

..in the still loch

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Candles and gas fire

Candles and gas fire

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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Dinner by candlelight

Dinner by candlelight

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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Cooking by gas

Cooking by gas

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

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Quiet after the storm...

Quiet after the storm...

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

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