Flashback: Glen Coe

The Scottish Highlands.

Glen Coe is famous in Scottish history for a notorious massacre during one of the Jacobite uprisings, but in 2015 when I took this picture it couldn't have been more serene: spectacular mountains looming over a narrow valley, some otherworldly light effects, and a lot of hikers.

And probably some sheep somewhere.

Glen Coe

I was going to write something about how this was the most spectacular of all the places we visited, but this picture makes anything I might say about it unnecessary.

Just click to enlarge and enjoy the majesty.

Two views of the Cuillin hills

Local legend has it that the name Cuillin comes from Cuchulain, the legendary Irish hero, about whom Yeats wrote many of his less interesting poems.

Cuchulain stirred,
on the horses of the sea, and heard
The cars of battle and his own name cried;
And fought with the invulnerable tide.

Ireland sent saints and heroes to Scotland, along with her thick and thorny language, which the Scots, God bless them, have made even more incomprehensible.

I think you can tell the morning photo from the one taken in the afternoon without my having to spell it out.