Cairngorms and East Coast
The Cairngorms are the focal point of a national park in north east Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, set up in 2002. The park covers the Cairngorms range of mountains, and surrounding hills. Already the largest national park in the British Isles, in 2010 it expanded into Highland and Perth and Kinross. Extending east from the Cairngorms, the region is bounded by the Moray Firth and the North Sea. Geographically diverse, the landscape in the south of the region is comprised predominantly of undulating farmland, but as you travel further north, this gives way to wooded glens, mountains and increasingly harsh land fringed by a dramatic coast of cliffs and long sandy beaches.
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An Lochan Uaine - Cairngorms
An Lochan Uaine or in English the green lochan is set amongst ancient Caledonian pines on the path from Glen More to the Ryvoan Pass. Looking anything but "uaine" in this shot, showing how light on water can determine the colour but I can assure that it is green when viewed from a different location on the shoreline. No one seems to know the reason for the green colour but it is possible that it comes from the trees lying along the loch floor.... legend says that the water is green because the pixies used to wash their clothes in the loch.....believe which ever version you want!
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