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NOSONDDU

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/where_was_i/article1271593.ece

3041 ft is Ben Hope - Munro mountains

The Munros are the 284 mountains and their special category is that they are all over 3000 ft in height.

The last casualties in WWI were involved with the sinking of the German ships in Scapa Flow - the sea inlet but there's no lake on the Orkney islands but there is an island named Yell in the Shetlands!

Loch Loyal is the dependable bit of water 4 miles long and the bridge over the Kyle of Tongue was built in 1971 and is 603 feet long. Keep going over the bridge and then turn left ie south on Strath More by the side of Loch Hope and you see Ben Hope. If you didn't turn but kept going you would reach Loch Eriboll where "The surviving GermanU Boat navy formally surrendered here in 1945." Ignore the earlier bit on Scapa Flow.

The only islands I can see n.ne are the Orkneys. One is Hoy and some end with "say" such as Stron-say, Dam-say, Ron-say, Shapin-say and so on.

1. Special category - over 3000 ft and/or a Munro (?)

2 . Rabbit Islands = thanks etch - see thread

toniq

ignore me i aint got a clue, somewhere that was -10 last night.

moonberry

NOSONDDU wrote: »

2 . Orkney Islands (?)

I agree it probably is the Orkneys - I've really tried to come up with something to link them to the clue [north-northeast, islands where it sounds (at least to certain citizens further south) as if a lot of talking goes on] but just can't see it.

But then it could be the Shetlands too I suppose as they're also north-northeast?

NOSONDDU

As the Orkneys are nearer I presume from normal sea level he'd see those but not the Shetlands. As you were posting moonberry I was editting my OP with some of the "say" islands and wondered if this is what is meant by the talking.

moonberry

Good thinking - it could be referring to the way the names of islands ending in 'say' are pronounced - Southerners perhaps pronounce it 'say' whereas locals may pronounce it differently??

gsysezz

moonberry wrote: »

I agree it probably is the Orkneys - I've really tried to come up with something to link them to the clue [north-northeast, islands where it sounds (at least to certain citizens further south) as if a lot of talking goes on] but just can't see it.

?

I'm useless at these things but could they be referring to South Ronaldsay in the Orkneys? As in Ronald is the certain person from down south!!

NOSONDDU

moonberry wrote: »

Good thinking - it could be referring to the way the names of islands ending in 'say' are pronounced - Southerners perhaps pronounce it 'say' whereas locals may pronounce it differently??

any Scottish MSErs help on this one

Etch

I reckon that, as already suggested, the "special category" of mountains is the Munros. Altnaharra is the village that features in the table of Britain's meteorological extremes so Ben Klibreck/Meall Nan Con is most likely the first mountain referred to. Ben Hope is the most northernly Munro.

The islands are the Rabbit Islands (certain citizens further south talking a lot) in the mouth of the Kyle of Tongue (bit of a pun there!).

In May 1945 Loch Eriboll saw the surrender of German submarines upon notification that WWII was over, an event that is supposed to have been predicted by the 17th-century Brahan Seer, Kenneth MacKenzie.

NOSONDDU

that's brilliant, thanks Etch. Those islands aren't in my road atlas.

macgee_2

as he says ...''able to bag a view'' , when you walk or climb these 284 peaks it is said you are Munro -bagging or are going to ''bag a munro''
therefore the answer to first part is MUNROS

rrickyuk

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