A local pays his morning visit to the
Ardsheal Home Farm (left), on 1000 acres just down the road from
the 16th c. Ardsheal House, on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe
outside Kentallen. Evening settles over Loch Linnhe (right), with
the mountains of the Morvern in the distance
Wild fuchsia bush, a noxious weed to
local Kentallen gardeners (left); Grey Mare's Waterfall, in the
mining town of Kinlochleven, at the head of Loch Leven (right)
Glen Coe, considered one of the most
picturesque areas in Scotland (left), but better known as the
site of the massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells in 1692;
just outside Fort William, Ben Nevis (right), at 4409 ft the highest
mountain in the UK, with its head in the clouds
Urquhart Castle, early 13th c., on
Strone Point, at the midpoint of the western shore of Loch Ness,
just outside the village of Drumnadrochit - blown up in 1691 to
prevent it from falling into the hands of the Jacobites
A swinging bridge on the Caledonian
Canal near Inverness - built by Thomas Telford (1803-22), the
60 mile long canal runs northeast thru the rivers and lochs of
the Great Glen, including Lochs Lochy, Oich, Ness, and Dochfour,
connecting the Atlantic Ocean at Corpach, near Fort William, to
the North Sea at Inverness via the Moray Firth (left); a view
of the River Spey, from the bridge at Boat of Garten, near Aviemore,
gateway to the Cairngorm Mountains (right)
The gorge of the River Garry, near
the Pass of Killiekrankie, the site of the first skirmish (1689)
of the Jacobite revolt (left); the Linn of Tummel (right), near
Pitlochery, from the junction of the Garry and the Tummel, a favorite
viewpoint of Queen Victoria (1844)
Scottish "log" truck, ready
to haul "trees" out of the local forest as soon as it
is mechanically sound
Blair Castle, the private home of the
Duke of Atholl - Comyn's Tower dates from 1269, but most of the
structure is from the 18th c., when the castle was renovated and
turned into a Georgian mansion; the towers and crow-stepped gables
in the Scots baronial style were added even later
Entrance hall (left); armor near the
main stairway (center); arms display (right) from the Duke's private
army, the only one in Britain (a right granted to the Duke by
Queen Victoria)
