The Great Outdoors

BEN MORE ASSYNT

“Almost the whole community worked on the estate, and in the little hamlet the telephone box was painted the Westminster black and white instead of normal red. The stalkers all wore the same brand of tweed, like a uniform. It was a relic of the feudal age…”
Derek Ratcliffe, In Search of Nature

HE FAR NORTH OF SCOTLAND – little between you and the barrenlands of the High Arctic when you visit there! You can expect to see the phantasmal swirl of the Aurora Borealis on clear summer or winter nights. You can experience a sense of

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