.. Jalbum 8.3 slides/_MG_0461.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/_MG_0461.JPG slides/IMG_3190.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 I have included this shot to help others locate the engine. You may just be able to make out the propellar sticking up out of the dark patch of shingle in the centre of the picture. I had spotted the prop and was making my way towards it. I have included this shot to help others locate the engine. You may just be able to make out the propellar sticking up out of the dark patch of shingle in the centre of the picture. I had spotted the prop and was making my way towards it. slides/IMG_3190.JPG slides/_MG_0466.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 This was a surprise! Sandwood Bay, North West Scotland. I spotted the "blade" sticking up out of the sand and went to investigate. It turned out to be a propellar attached to an engine, the remains of an airoplane wreck. A little research on the net on my return home and it seems that this is the remains of a Spitfire which crash landed here in September 1941 after an engine failure. Fascinating! What's more fascinating is that this particular Spitfire was donated or "presented" by the towns of Accrington, Church and Oswaldtwistle. Church is where my wife's family are from and who may well have contributed to the £6000 for its purchase. The pilot survived, though he must have had a long walk out - its 4 miles from the nearest road. This was a surprise! Sandwood Bay, North West Scotland. I spotted the "blade" sticking up out of the sand and went to investigate. It turned out to be a propellar attached to an engine, the remains of an airoplane wreck. A little research on the net on my return home and it seems that this is the remains of a Spitfire which crash landed here in September 1941 after an engine failure. Fascinating! What's more fascinating is that this particular Spitfire was donated or "presented" by the towns of Accrington, Church and Oswaldtwistle. Church is where my wife's family are from and who may well have contributed to the £6000 for its purchase. The pilot survived, though he must have had a long walk out - its 4 miles from the nearest road. slides/_MG_0466.JPG slides/Engine.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Engine.jpg slides/Engine 2.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 I am told by Steve - see guestbook entry 21 - that the engine is upside down and we are looking at the sump through which we can see the cam shaft. The reduction gear and prop has sheared off the crank case. Thanks Steve. I am told by Steve - see guestbook entry 21 - that the engine is upside down and we are looking at the sump through which we can see the cam shaft. The reduction gear and prop has sheared off the crank case. Thanks Steve. slides/Engine 2.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 3 adj.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay 3 adj.jpg slides/Loch Morlich.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Loch Morlich.JPG slides/Loch Morlich 2.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Loch Morlich 2.JPG slides/Cairngorm from Loch Morlichj.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Cairngorm from Loch Morlichj.jpg slides/Loch Morlich Beach.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Loch Morlich Beach.jpg slides/Cairngorm from Loch Morlich 2.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Cairngorm from Loch Morlich 2.jpg slides/Scourie.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Scourie.jpg slides/Loch Sandwood.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Loch Sandwood.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 4.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay 4.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 5.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay 5.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 6.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay 6.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 7.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay 7.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 8.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay 8.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 9.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay 9.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 10.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Sandwood Bay 10.jpg slides/Sandwood Bay 11.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 Note the two oil tankers on the horizon. Note the two oil tankers on the horizon. slides/Sandwood Bay 11.jpg slides/Caledonian Pine Trees in Glen Derry.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Caledonian Pine Trees in Glen Derry.jpg slides/Caledonian Pine Trees.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Caledonian Pine Trees.jpg slides/Camp 1 Lairig Grhu.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 This was the morning after a stormy night. We pitched the tent in a thunderstorm having broken one of the poles in our rush to stay dry. In the end we fixed the pole (duck tape) and a bit of bailing and mopping out had us almost dry. This was the morning after a stormy night. We pitched the tent in a thunderstorm having broken one of the poles in our rush to stay dry. In the end we fixed the pole (duck tape) and a bit of bailing and mopping out had us almost dry. slides/Camp 1 Lairig Grhu.jpg slides/Hutchison Memorial Hut 2.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Hutchison Memorial Hut 2.jpg slides/Hutchison Memorial Hut.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Hutchison Memorial Hut.jpg slides/Lichen.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Lichen.jpg slides/Loch Etchachan 1.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 One of my favourite camping spots. Alongside Loch Etchachan beneath Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms. It was cold. Unfortunately it is becoming a lot of other people's favourite spot too. And when I identify the person that left a large bag of rubbish behind... One of my favourite camping spots. Alongside Loch Etchachan beneath Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms. It was cold. Unfortunately it is becoming a lot of other people's favourite spot too. And when I identify the person that left a large bag of rubbish behind... slides/Loch Etchachan 1.jpg slides/Loch Etchachan 4.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Loch Etchachan 4.JPG slides/Loch Etchachan 5.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Loch Etchachan 5.JPG slides/The Last Pine.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 You may be able to make out the lonesome pine. You may be able to make out the lonesome pine. slides/The Last Pine.jpg slides/_MG_0291.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/_MG_0291.JPG slides/_MG_0404.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/_MG_0404.JPG slides/_MG_0412.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/_MG_0412.JPG slides/_MG_0422.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/_MG_0422.JPG slides/_MG_0661.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/_MG_0661.JPG slides/IMG_0639.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/IMG_0639.JPG slides/Scourie 2.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/Scourie 2.JPG slides/_MG_0713.html# Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000 slides/_MG_0713.JPG