Tour Scotland early Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a dreich, which is a Scots word for dull and cloudy, road trip drive to Loch Eriboll, Scottish Gaelic: Loch Euraboill, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Sutherland in the Highlands. This long sea loch has been used for centuries as a deep water anchorage as it is safe from the often stormy seas of Cape Wrath and the Pentland Firth. The Royal Navy have been frequent visitors to the loch, particularly during World War II. There are stones arranged by sailors into the names of their warships, including HMS Hood and Amethyst, on the hillside above the hamlet of Laid. It was nicknamed "Lock ’orrible" by the British servicemen stationed here during the war because of the often inclement weather. The largest island in the loch, Eilean Choraidh, was used as a representation of the German battleship Tirpitz for aerial bombing practice by the Fleet Air Arm prior to the successful Operation Tungsten in April 1944. The surviving 33 German U-boats, for example U-532 and U-295, formally surrendered here in 1945, ending the Battle of the Atlantic. Around the shores of the loch are the crofting townships of Eriboll, Laid, Heilam, Portnancon and Rispond. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip.
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