Scotland Magazine

TRAVELS WITH TOM

General Wade is famous for his ‘military roads’, which criss-cross the Highlands, sometimes as paths or tracks, more often adopted as modern roads. His elegant bridge at Aberfeldy and the nearby Black Watch Memorial mark the southern end of this enduring network.

But there’s more to Wade than infrastructure. A perceptive and effective military administrator, Wade was appointed as Army Commander-in-Chief of North

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