Loch humphrey & the power of nature (again)
Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 5:27 pm
so me `n the gaffer took the dogs to Loch Humphrey, in the Kilpatrick hills, around a 500m climb & through some heavy showers, the river clyde is one huge wind tunnel but my Carhartt simply laughed at the incessant wind blast, definitely worth it for the views,
behind the gaffer (& well below us) is the river clyde
a walk around once up there I noticed what was basically a hole in the trees, around a dozen trees had been `topped` or just plain torn off leaving a couple of feet of trunk behind, then, as I looked across the loch I saw dozens of trees flattened almost like a crash site but no wreckage or fire damage on the opposite bank, it had to be a blast of wind, but what kind of wind blast halfs trees in two & can flatten dozens like a meteorite had landed?
I can`t get my pictures to display larger in photobucket but maybe if you click the image it may give you a much larger view, I can, but then, it`s my account, but the image of the destruction is awesome!
behind the gaffer (& well below us) is the river clyde
a walk around once up there I noticed what was basically a hole in the trees, around a dozen trees had been `topped` or just plain torn off leaving a couple of feet of trunk behind, then, as I looked across the loch I saw dozens of trees flattened almost like a crash site but no wreckage or fire damage on the opposite bank, it had to be a blast of wind, but what kind of wind blast halfs trees in two & can flatten dozens like a meteorite had landed?
I can`t get my pictures to display larger in photobucket but maybe if you click the image it may give you a much larger view, I can, but then, it`s my account, but the image of the destruction is awesome!