{"id":129,"date":"2007-08-11T22:22:35","date_gmt":"2007-08-11T12:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=129"},"modified":"2007-08-11T22:22:35","modified_gmt":"2007-08-11T12:22:35","slug":"loch-lomond-and-the-lakes-district-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/britain-ireland\/loch-lomond-and-the-lakes-district-scotland","title":{"rendered":"Loch Lomond and the Lakes District &#8211; Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>DAY 5 &#8211; Mountains and glens greeted us as we drove\u00a0through dramatic Glencoe. On the &#8220;bonnie, bonnie banks of <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/22134-2\/Scot_0240.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Loch Lomond - boarding our boat\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Loch Lomond - boarding our boat\" \/>Loch\u00a0Lomond&#8221;\u00a0we boarded a guided cruise on one of Scotland\u2019s most beautiful lochs.\u00a0 Most people will have heard of this sad ballad, composed by a local Jacobite soldier who was dying far from home.\u00a0 In the ballad he laments that although he will be returning home before his compatriots, who will travel on the high road, he on the other hand will be doing so on the low road (of death).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/22164-2\/Scot_0255.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Loch Lomond Cruise\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Loch Lomond Cruise\" \/>Loch Lomond is Britain&#8217;s largest\u00a0freshwater lake.\u00a0 The Loch is 24 miles long and five miles wide and at its deepest point is some 600 feet deep.\u00a0 On the Loch there are approximately 38 Islands, some of them inhabited and there is even a hotel on one of them, the Inchmurrin.\u00a0 It may be beautiful, but it was rather cold as well, as you can see from these photos.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/22170-2\/Scot_0258.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Loch Lomond\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Loch Lomond\" \/>Loch Lomond must be the world&#8217;s most famous Loch and much has been written about it, both in song and verse. The area is renowned for its beauty and tranquility and on a clear day offers picture postcard views around every corner.<\/p>\n<p>The Loch is crossed by the Highland Boundary Fault and exhibits the physical characteristics of both Highland and Lowland Scotland. 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