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Despite the ice round the shores of Loch Feochan, we were not the only ones on the water that cold March day.
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This mallard duck was being courted by five drakes!
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Jim W and Phil turned their bows to wards the narrow entrance channel to Loch Feochan.
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It was low tide and the bar at narrow entrance channel was just deep enough to kayak across.
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As he turned the corner, I heard Phil gasp...
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...he only managed another few strokes...
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...before he was stopped in his tracks, by the beauty of the view across the Firth of Lorn to the mountains of Mull.