Crianlarich

Up the junction

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August 5th 2011
We decided to press on this morning and to break the journey only once we were north of Glasgow. On the terrace of the Duck Bay Hotel, overlooking Loch Lomond, we had sandwiches in the warm afternoon sun. There's an old Scots legend that if anyone dies outside the country, their soul returns via the low road: hence the song about Loch Lomond. Of two soldiers, one is condemned to death; he will ... read more

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