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Day???s Like This, No 24: Beinn Alligin ??? Horns and All

Posted on August 25, 2016 by

BEINN Alligin lifts itself out of Upper Loch Torridon with the casual assurance of a big beast among a clan of big beasts. With walls of bare striated sandstone and ridges that slice the wind, Alligin is a monument to … Continue reading →

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Days Like This, No 17: Sleeping Giants of Assynt

Posted on March 30, 2015 by

CONIVAL and Ben More Assynt are mountains with majesty. I read an article a long time ago about these northern giants glimpsed in the rays of the setting sun, and the quartzite stones on their summits glowing golden in the … Continue reading →

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