Approaching the Bad Step - geograph.org.uk - 853798
The loch is accessible by boat from Elgol, or on foot from Sligachan (approximately 7–8 miles or 11–13 kilometres distance). It is also possible to walk from Elgol, but one section of the path ("the Bad Step") presents some potential difficulties for the nervous or inexperienced.
The northern end of the loch is ringed by the Black Cuillin, often wreathed in cloud. From the southern end the Scavaig River, only a few hundred yards long, discharges into a sea loch, Loch Scavaig. The loch is nearly 2 miles (3 kilometres) long, but only about 400 yards (370 metres) wide.
Literatureedit
Sir Walter Scott visited the loch in 1814 and described it vividly:[2]
“Loch Coruisk, said to be the wildest scene in the Highlands, I failed in seeing. After a fatiguing expedition over the roughest ground on a wet day we arrived at the banks of the loch, and made acquaintance with the extremest tiptoes of the hills, all else being thick wool-white fog.”[3]
Mark Haddon used the remote location of the loch for a portal in the 1992 children's novel Gridzbi Spudvetch!, re-issued in 2009 as Boom!. A description of the path from Elgol (including a traverse of The Bad Step) is included in the narrative, as is the Memorial Hut.[4][5]
Robert Macfarlane visited the loch and its valley whilst writing his 2007 travelogueThe Wild Places, and a description of the area forms the book's third chapter.[6]
^Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Impressions of Scotland (1848)
^Haddon, Mark (1994). Gridzbi Spudvetch!. Walker Books Ltd. pp. 110–130. ISBN0-7445-3172-1.
^Haddon, Mark (2009). Boom!. David Fickling Books. pp. 110–130. ISBN0-385-61629-5.
^Macfarlane, Robert (2007) The Wild Places. Granta Publications, pp. 43-62. ISBN978-1-86207-941-0
January 01, 1970
loch, coruisk, scottish, gaelic, coire, uisg, meaning, cauldron, waters, inland, fresh, water, loch, lying, foot, black, cuillin, isle, skye, scottish, highlands, locationisle, skye, highlands, scotlandcoordinates57, 2074, 1690, 2074, 1690typefreshwater, lochp. Loch Coruisk Scottish Gaelic Coire Uisg meaning the Cauldron of Waters is an inland fresh water loch lying at the foot of the Black Cuillin in the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Highlands Loch CoruiskLoch CoruiskLocationIsle of Skye Highlands ScotlandCoordinates57 12 27 N 6 10 08 W 57 2074 N 6 1690 W 57 2074 6 1690Typefreshwater lochPrimary inflowsCoruisk River Allt a Choire RiabhaichPrimary outflowsScavaig RiverBasin countriesUnited Kingdom Loch Coruisk is reputed to be the home of a kelpie or water horse a shape shifting creature that can assume human form 1 Contents 1 Geography 2 Literature 3 Art 4 ReferencesGeography edit nbsp Approaching the Bad Step geograph org uk 853798 The loch is accessible by boat from Elgol or on foot from Sligachan approximately 7 8 miles or 11 13 kilometres distance It is also possible to walk from Elgol but one section of the path the Bad Step presents some potential difficulties for the nervous or inexperienced The northern end of the loch is ringed by the Black Cuillin often wreathed in cloud From the southern end the Scavaig River only a few hundred yards long discharges into a sea loch Loch Scavaig The loch is nearly 2 miles 3 kilometres long but only about 400 yards 370 metres wide Literature editSir Walter Scott visited the loch in 1814 and described it vividly 2 Rarely human eye has known A scene so stern as that dread lake With its dark ledge of barren stone Lord Tennyson reported more prosaically Loch Coruisk said to be the wildest scene in the Highlands I failed in seeing After a fatiguing expedition over the roughest ground on a wet day we arrived at the banks of the loch and made acquaintance with the extremest tiptoes of the hills all else being thick wool white fog 3 Mark Haddon used the remote location of the loch for a portal in the 1992 children s novel Gridzbi Spudvetch re issued in 2009 as Boom A description of the path from Elgol including a traverse of The Bad Step is included in the narrative as is the Memorial Hut 4 5 Robert Macfarlane visited the loch and its valley whilst writing his 2007 travelogue The Wild Places and a description of the area forms the book s third chapter 6 Art edit nbsp Painting by Sidney Richard Percy The loch has been painted by among many others William Daniell 1769 1837 J M W Turner 1775 1851 Sidney Richard Percy 1821 1886 and Alexander Francis Lydon 1836 1917 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loch Coruisk Ash Russell 1973 Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain Reader s Digest Association Limited p 449 ISBN 9780340165973 The Lord of the Isles 1815 Alfred Lord Tennyson Impressions of Scotland 1848 Haddon Mark 1994 Gridzbi Spudvetch Walker Books Ltd pp 110 130 ISBN 0 7445 3172 1 Haddon Mark 2009 Boom David Fickling Books pp 110 130 ISBN 0 385 61629 5 Macfarlane Robert 2007 The Wild Places Granta Publications pp 43 62 ISBN 978 1 86207 941 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Loch Coruisk amp oldid 1184993788, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
