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Eilean nan Gabhar (Goat Island - Scottish Anchorages

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The anchorage in winter

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Eilean nan Gabhar (Goat Island)

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Looking down Loch Craignish to the Paps of Jura from the island

Loch Craignish

This is a popular anchorage, not surprisingly being so close to Ardfern, but you can get it all to yourself in the spring or autumn. There is nothing much special to do but one can scramble around on the rocks, both on the east side where the anchorage is and rather better just over the rise on the west side with great views up and down Loch Craignish. The undergrowth is rather impenetrable in the summer.

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