Remote yet magnetic,the rugged environments of Scotland’s north contain been inspiring writing for centuries, whether in memoir, or natural history or tales of alien hitchhikers...“Wherever I wander,wherever I rove / The hills of the Highlands forever I care for,” said Robert Burns, and I high-five him wholeheartedly.
I’ve been obsessed with the Scottish Highlands and Islands since first going there on a family holiday at the age of 10. Its remote,rugged landscape has pulled me back most years since, whether to stay in the remote Moor of Rannoch hotel – where the nearest village is 13 miles away – or camping in Glen Coe and Glen Nevis .
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Source: guardian.co.uk