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    A wild and lonely valley in the Scottish Highlands: Glencoe

     

     

    The Valley of Glencoe © 2007 Scotiana

    ‘Glencoe has no melancholy except that which men bring to it, remembering its history. (..)

    (John Prebble – Glencoe)

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    Loch Leven with Pap of Glencoe in the background © 2006 Scotiana

    One of the main [...]

    Rannoch Moor : First Steps into the Scottish Wilderness

    Rannoch Moor ©2006 Scotiana

    Rannoch Moor ©2006 Scotiana

    In 2006, on Itinerary 5, we stopped our car on the side of the A82. We love this road which leads to Glencoe, the place where, in 2000, on Itinerary 1, we definitely fell in love with Scotland in front of one of [...]

    The Munros – Five Of The Six Scotland’s Highest Mountains

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    The Munros – Cameron McNeish

    Hi Janice ! You know I’m a born player and since nobody has answered your question still,  I’ll give it a try myself.  I leave it to you to talk about the statue of Sherlock Holmes in Edinburgh.  ;-)  I remember you’ve taken beautiful close-ups of it during [...]

    Uphill And Downhill Through Edinburgh

    Calton Hill

    Mairiuna, step into your most comfortable shoes as we are walking up to the top of Calton Hill, my favourite place for fantastic views of the city and let us not forget our camera as there will be magnificent panoramas to capture !

    From the heights of Calton Hill (333 feet), we [...]

    From Top of Wallace Monument

    Panoramic view Abbey Craig Wallace Monument 2003

    Hi everybody, what about a deep breath of fresh air after all these pages of dark and bloody history ?

    The weather was threatening when we visited Wallace Monument but don’t do as we did,  staying inside instead of climbing up to the top of the tower [...]