Glencoe is dew with the all-pervading scent of pine intermingled with smokey peat from all the chimneys warming up cosy stone cottages. An Tor is the most awesome place to go for a walk, an endless pine forest covered in moss, permanently very cold and slightly damp. I loved it! Far apart from the bush of Australia, everything was more verdant than the colour green on a pastel chart, and there is no colour bleaching as the light is dimmed in the forest, making everything shine its most radiant colours.
Loch Ness was less impressive. The mountains around the lake are nice, although the walks are much longer than at Glencoe and have less to offer. I think around now would be the perfect time of year to visit Scotland, as everything is nice and green and it's possible to go outside without losing body parts when they solidify and break off from your cold, cold body. In winter, there would be nothing to do but sit inside with a good book and stoke the fireplace. Which is tempting, anyway, and what I did in Glencoe every evening I was there.
Glencoe is dew with the all-pervading scent of pine intermingled with smokey peat from all the chimneys warming up cosy stone cottages. An Tor is the most awesome place to go for a walk, an endless pine forest covered in moss, permanently very cold and slightly damp. I loved it! Far apart from the bush of Australia, everything was more verdant than the colour green on a pastel chart, and there is no colour bleaching as the light is dimmed in the forest, making everything shine its most radiant colours.
Loch Ness was less impressive. The mountains around the lake are nice, although the walks are much longer than at Glencoe and have less to offer. I think around now would be the perfect time of year to visit Scotland, as everything is nice and green and it's possible to go outside without losing body parts when they solidify and break off from your cold, cold body. In winter, there would be nothing to do but sit inside with a good book and stoke the fireplace. Which is tempting, anyway, and what I did in Glencoe every evening I was there.
David,
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous right now. It sounds like you have to squash things in when in the UK since things are relatively so expensive.
I've been so taken away with how lovely Scotland is, I'd put it up there with New Zealand for natural beauty. I've been in Scotland probably a week or so now, although it feels like longer - i'm so used to scotland already!!
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