Loch Leven
Looking toward
Ballacullish.
Many years ago, there
was a small ferry here that would take a few cars at a time to
save the long journey around the loch but that has long since
been replaced by a bridge, now while some bridges can look
good in a picture, this one doesn't and so is it difficult to
get a picture looking over to Ballacullish without the bridge.
Here is a little story
for you..... I have a very good friend called Ian and for the
longest time in his house was a picture of the Ballacullish
Ferry taken long before the bridge. The picture was taken from
from the north shore with a cherry tree in blossom in the
foreground, the ferry with a few cars on it and of course the
tree covered mountains in the background. He had bought the
picture in Birkenhead (England) soon after a trip to Scotland
with his dad where they had gone over Loch Leven on the ferry.
Well as soon as I seen the picture, I fell in love with it, in
fact that picture probably had a lot to do with me getting
into photography and appreciating the beauty of the scenery
wherever I go. When Ian's dad passed away, Ian gave the
picture to me and I am sorry to say that with all the changes
in my life, it has been lost. Well soon after crossing the
bridge with Peter and taking these pictures,
Pete took me with him to visit a friend of his in Fort William and on
the wall of the living room was exactly the same picture, with
the cherry blossom, the old ferry and the tree covered
mountains.
