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When you picture Scotland's west coast , you're probably thinking about midges, torrential downpours, and spectacular mountain panoramas rather than tropical trees. ‌

However, there's a tiny fishing settlement nestled close to the route towards Skye, which boasts this remarkable characteristic alongside the considerably sunnier destinations like Miami Beach . Plockton might experience three times fewer hours of sunshine annually compared to the Florida coastal resort across the Atlantic and welcome considerably fewer holidaymakers, but it does share this particular trait. ‌

From the 1960s onwards, a line of New Zealand cabbage palm trees has commanded the main Harbour Street of the settlement as it stretches beside the shores of Loch Carron. James Nichols

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