Lochcarron

Peter Rowlands · Issue 90, May/Jun 2016 · pp. 59–63

Products mentioned: Panasonic GX7, Nauticam housing, Olympus 8mm F1.8 lens, FIT dome, Greenwater Magic filter, Olympus EM-1, Aquatica housing, Sea & Sea strobes, iPhone 6

I wish I would ask more questions when I’m told about a possible diving trip. It started with Charlie Hood inviting me on an Iceland jaunt and forgot to tell me the water was 2°C and then Dan Bolt and Terry Griffiths told me about sea loch diving in Scotland but omitted to say how far it was and that it would be shore diving. And so it was that in April this year I made the 12 hour drive to the top of England and then almost to the top of Scotland to arrive in the village of Lochcarron to rendezvous with Messrs D&T who had been up here several years running and, now that my body is slowly recovering, I can fully understand why. My favourite film of all time is Local Hero and the star of the movie is the fictional fishing village of Furness with its pub. There are several similarities between ‘Furness’ and Lochcarron and, believe it or not, I was booked to stay in the pub for 4 nights! Wh…