Loch Leven

The largest lake in the Scottish lowlands, the semi-circular Loch Leven offers amazing scenery and activities that vary according to the time of year. We arrived at the beginning of January, and found the lake completely frozen like a great white deser, with icy winds pushing the snow across the surface. Sheep graze close to the water, and children, parents and pets walk and play around the lake. Some are amazed by the boats trapped in the ice, and others are cautious. We visited again in the early spring, when the thawing lake offered a very different scene. Loch Leven has seven islands, of which the largest is the St Serf, where you can see the remains of a small abbey.