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tiompan Mar 4, 2007 09:52:37
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tiompan wrote:
The Eternal wrote:
Rhiannon, et al,
Being a mountaineer, I can confirm that the highest mountain in Argyll is Bidean Nam Bian at 3,773 feet (1150 metres) high. For the Gaelic enthusiasts, I think it is pronounced "Beetyan Nam Beeoan". It stands to the west, when driving down Glencoe from the Rannoch Moor.

Travel that route in darkness, on a February evening, with snow showers blasting across the moor, and the only things directing the car being the snow poles. Near the top of the pass, look to your left, and, if lucky, the towering peak of Buchaille Etive Mor will show, glittering in crisp snow, between clouds, under a full moon. A haunting scene.

Regards,
TE.

There may be mountains in Wales but none , according to us hill goers in Scotland .

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Mar 4, 2007 18:32:52
Replying to tiompan

thank you for that great image TE and for the other folklore spot, tiompan. It's time I got back up to Scotland. you forget what hardcore landscape is, living down here. Coming from a very flat part of the country, perhaps I get even more of a weird feeling from mountains. I have felt a bit anxious and hemmed in by them. but that's all part of the experience maybe.