Walking With You - Loch Leven

[Geoff Noble]

This is a video montage of photos my wife Janice and I have taken over the years at one of our favourite places to walk, Loch Leven in Fife, Scotland. I put a wee tune together for it, featuring my Weissenborn Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar, my MSA Legend XL Pedal Steel Guitar and my Cordoba Classical Guitar. All the stringed instruments are going through a Fractal FM3 modeller/effects unit.

As well as being a beautiful location, there is a lot of history with this Loch. At present, it is a bird sanctuary where many rare birds can be seen. Every year it is a stopping place for migrating geese. In one photo, you will see some geese in a field with a small Castle on an island in the background. This Castle is where Mary Queen of Scots was held captive and temporarily escaped from before she was recaptured and executed by Queen Elizabeth 1st of England. There are boat trips to the island.

There are 2 photos of a Heron, in the 2nd photo it has a brown trout in its beak. Our son Rowan captured the Heron catching the trout on video. The Loch is stocked with the original brown trout native to the Loch. Getting a fishing permit for the Loch is limited however, and can only be obtained if another member leaves. It is boat fishing only with fly, no shore or bait fishing is permitted. However, some trout escape into the River Leven, which exits the Loch, and permits can be obtained for the river.

There are a number of photos of a land feature locally known as the Sleeping Giant for obvious reasons. The local Council recently laid a path around the whole Loch, which is approximately 13 miles. The photos in this video only show a small part of this walk.

Hope you enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/DPWJQ7Xa3KQ?si=-6UFhOd_POvLoDH4