Grid reference NN8126
4 km NW of Ochtertyre, Perth And Kinross, Scotland
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Loch Turret Reservoir from 3000 ft MSL
Passing Loch Turret at 3000 ft MSL in the south flying from east to west enroute from Dundee to Oban.
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Un-named peak
The track on the east side of the Loch Turret Reservoir only just scrapes inside this square offering a view across the loch to the small un-named peak (also in the square) at the end of the south ridge of Carn Chois.
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Loch Turret
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The aqueduct track, Glen Turret
Serves the pipe which diverts burn water into the reservoir at Loch Turret. It was very icy and I had just had a painful fall.
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Loch Turret
Clouds shroud the tops of the surrounding hills.
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Power House
The small power house in front of the Loch Turret dam. Why the power house always looks a bit like a neoclassic gym building, I will never understand.
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Loch Turret campsite
On a small point of land protruding from North shore, about 250m from dam.
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Looking across Loch Turret to the dam
Looking back across the loch to the dam from the track on the eastern shore. The Ochil hills can be seen in the distance.
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Looking up Glen Turret
Looking across to Loch Turret.
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Loch Turret, looking roughly north
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Loch Turret
Loch Turret is a water supply reservoir in an area more associated with impounding water for electricity generation.
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Loch Turret
Loch Turret viewed from the dam.
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