Photo: Duck Bay, a viewpoint near Balloch in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs, West Dunbartonshire, central Scotland. — © Lairich Rig / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Duck Bay

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Approximate location — this spot is pinned to the nearest village, so the exact point may be a little way off.

Duck Bay is a little shingle bay on Loch Lomond just north of Balloch, and a popular place to pull over and look out across the water to the hills beyond. There’s a car park and a hotel-restaurant right on the shore. Balloch station is barely more than a kilometre away.

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