Lochs

The neighbourhood of the lochs was a sort of guidance in some degree, for their immediate presence gave to a nostril sharpened by life in the wild a moist and peaty odour fresh from the corroding banks. ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

They are charmed with our bare green hills, with our shaggy brown mountains they are astonished, our lochs are their delight, our woods their wonder, and they hold up their hands and clap them at our cliffs. ❋ John Wilson (1819)

The report said land-based wildlife tourism generates £114 million for the Scottish economy, the coast £100 million and marine areas such as lochs and the sea, £63 million. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He pulled the river into a noose and put it to work with a series of lochs and reservoirs - all that is still in place. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As these fragile young fish, known as smolts, run the gauntlet past the fish-farm cages conveniently placed on their migration routes down the sea lochs towards the open sea, they are ambushed by the unnaturally high concentrations of lice. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Eighteen lochs lie in the National Park alone, as well as some of Scotland's finest Munros, mountains that rise over 3000 feet. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

Where the people are wild, and the trees are wind-buckled, and there are lochs which mirror the sky. ❋ Ron Charles (2010)

And on a weekend add-on to a London meeting I sought surprises and luxury in the Scottish hills, lochs and isles around Glasgow and Edinburgh. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

The Kelpie, which traditionally takes the form of a horse, is a creature native to the Scottish and Irish rivers and lochs that lures children into the water to drown them. ❋ Carolyn Vega (2011)

Sitting up front and watching the pilot fly this Cessna gave me the illusion of co-piloting, but I preferred watching the panorama unfold below: mountains to the west, and lochs and rivers contrasting with green hillsides. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

Whatever the transport I will make haste again to the lochs and lanes of Scotland. ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

Rescuers continued to search the coast, lochs and headlands yesterday for evidence of the other whales who, it was hoped, had returned to open water. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Married or not, they climb mountains unroped, jump out of planes into Scottish lochs yes, really. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2011)

For a quick overview of mountains and lochs, I booked at ❋ Lea Lane (2011)

[Loch Ness] is a [famous] loch. [Alrigh] ya bumfluffa! ❋ Kung-Fu Jesus (2004)

"[I'm dead], dead dirty me, Alsations [the Loch]" ([Bo Selecta]) ❋ The Donkey, The Bear, The Rabbit And The Badger (2005)

a [bounding] loche ❋ Kluxo (2017)

Dude 1: Dude, you look [loched], what [happened]? Dude 2: Nothing, I just didn't get much [sleep] last night. ❋ Bobby Billy BoB (2016)

[Ruben] is a [Loch] because he picks on a smaller [loch], [Danny]. ❋ Pimpwitalimp (2008)

- "Jimmy blew wind right in front of me in math class today... so I yelled 'LOCHNESS!' in his ear" - "So my dad drives a [hummer], and I'm like 'dad', 'hummer', same sentence?... ew, that's [lochness]" - "The just lost again! They are so lochness right now" - "I do believe that I was so [frightened] that I lochnessed myself" ❋ Dynast (2006)

amy: you need to do your homework jen jen: im trying. [no can]! amy: hahaha allll [loched] [d^.^b] im all loched ❋ Farmer808 (2010)

Damn that is one good Loching [chick]. That is [loch] [right there]! ❋ SaraLochness (2011)

Jen: Hey [loch]! Mary: Hey [ness]! Jen: Do you think our [nicknames] are starting to get a bit weird? Mary: Yep. ❋ HmmfCreator (2009)

"You hear about [Martin]? He pulled [a Loch Lomand] on [his girlfriend]" ".....awkward" ❋ Tazzy_Devil88 (2015)