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New subscribers: I don't usually post this often! It's just because of my trip...
Today we hiked from Fort Augustus partway to the Corrieyarrick Pass on the old military road, and then back again. I cannot imagine how the Jacobite army walked all the way from Invergarry (from which we took a bus!) up to the pass! *boggles* The military road is still clearly there, though new gravel has been put on it, which I thought was a pity. Though no doubt General Wade is just happy it's being kept up well. Here is a well-preserved bit of it, that we didn't get to see.
The vascular plant flora of Scotland is remarkably like Sweden, and I've only seen a few new-to-me plants. One of them is the great woodrush, Luzula sylvatica! Nice to see a new namesake. And once you got away from the spruce down in the Great Glen, I quite liked the higher heathlands.
( Have some photos! )
Today we hiked from Fort Augustus partway to the Corrieyarrick Pass on the old military road, and then back again. I cannot imagine how the Jacobite army walked all the way from Invergarry (from which we took a bus!) up to the pass! *boggles* The military road is still clearly there, though new gravel has been put on it, which I thought was a pity. Though no doubt General Wade is just happy it's being kept up well. Here is a well-preserved bit of it, that we didn't get to see.
The vascular plant flora of Scotland is remarkably like Sweden, and I've only seen a few new-to-me plants. One of them is the great woodrush, Luzula sylvatica! Nice to see a new namesake. And once you got away from the spruce down in the Great Glen, I quite liked the higher heathlands.
( Have some photos! )
