Eilean Donan castle

Highlands and islands

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August 6th 2011
Leaving the hotel, we join a procession of vehicles into the Highlands and through the valley of Glencoe, where members of the Clan Macdonald were massacred in 1692. When the mist lies on the slopes, it's a forbidding place, but today it's bright, with cloud shadows on the hills of grey rock and tough grass. Every layby is filled with cars and motor homes, carrying cycles and boats. We& ... read more

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