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    BIDEAN NAM BIAN

    Jul 08, 2022 4 minutes

    “From this part of the ridge we were better able to see Bidean, to see it as a whole mountain – shaped by deep corries, thrusting its strong ridges outwards to eight sparkling peaks, down-curving to lesser tops, emerging from the lowly blackness of Glencoe to a crescendo of light at the summit. That was the Bidean nam Bian of our physical world, by its mere presence there calling our hearts to the world inhabited by beauty.”

    W.H. Murray, Undiscovered Scotland (1951)

    THE OPENING DESCRIPTION by Bill Murray of Bidean nam Bian seen across the trough of darkness that is Glen Coe from

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