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Landscapes Of Scotland Glencoe
lencoe’s spring sky looked conceding to the barefaced rock.
bleak; wrathful clouds It looked impossible to climb;
glared, threatening the dominant face was almost
imminent showers. Columns of vertical.
light penetrated the cloud, stood
as sentinels guarding entrance to As the clouds began to clear, the
the sweeping valley. The scent of cool, shallow waters to my right
springtime was in the air; a new reflected an ever changing sky.
harvest was approaching. The lake was fringed by marshland
and navigable only by the local
Animals all around were preparing wildlife.
their nests for new siblings and
a busy summer. The echoes of I continued my march along the
songbirds and their merry tunes lonely valley road and soon
sang throughout the valley; the encountered a public house,
season of courtship was upon us. wonderfully isolated from
civilization. It was cast in
A crisp breeze was a reminder of shadow as the sun hid behind the
a recent winter; Glencoe was mountain peaks, threatening to
still adjusting to the new emerge and flood the valley with
season. The wind was the only light.
sound of an otherwise silent
valley. "Passing through?" enquired the
barman politely, breaking his
Ahead, a small cluster of trees conversation with an elderly
were dwarfed by the gargantuan gentleman on the opposite side of
mountainside rising steeply from the bar.
the flat. Foliage managed to
climb about a third of the way up "Heading for the village," I
the mountain face before replied and grabbed the nearest
chair to soothe my aching limbs. decision to punish him and his
"Coke please." men, Maclain returned to his land
believing all was well.
Refreshed and revitalised, I
continued my trek along the Campbell of Glenlyon led a group
forsaken road, twisting and of 128 soldiers who stayed with
turning with the contours of the the Macdonalds for 12 nights
land. before murdering 38 of them as
they slept during the early
Glencoe’s history can be traced hours. Studying this tranquil
back over 5,000 years. Perhaps landscape, it’s hard to imagine
most infamous was one macabre such a brutal event ever taking
night during the early hours of place.
13th February 1692. The
resurgence of the Jacobites Despite its barren appearance,
worried King William the Third the land is teeming with
and he ordered all clan chiefs to wildlife; nature accompanies my
declare their allegiances no every step. In a world seemingly
later than 1st January 1692. awash with terror and violence,
it’s good to know these places
Maclain of Glencoe however was still exist. Away from the
delayed and didn’t sign until 6th rigours of city life, Glencoe has
January 1692. Unaware of the evolved as nature intended.
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