Freezing dip in the Green Loch

The Green Loch or An Lochan Uaine is probably my favourite loch in Scotland. When the sun is shining it’s a luminous green colour and very enticing. It’s also reached by a very pleasant forest walk that’s relatively flat and very pretty. We visited today and went for a brief dip. In my case at least that involving running in, getting wet, then running out again – twice. Ben was bit braver and actually swam a bit.

My mother recorded a video of us all venturing in but it’s not suitable to be shared on this blog due to the foul language. The water temperature was freezing which is not surprising given the loch is fed by melting snow. My guess is it was around 5C.

We then stopped at Loch Morlich which is gorgeous for its sandy beach curtained by forest and hills. There aren’t many places in the world with an inland lake that has a sandy beach like this. The sand was formed from glacial erosion after the last Ice Age.

We took some bird seed for the ducks and one of them ate from Elizabeth’s hand.

This last photo was taken outside the Rothiemurchus Farm Shop for a morning coffee.