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footprints and maps

The act of walking leaves a trace. The footprint is a potent mark of humans walking in the landscape. It is the beginnings of a map. It  records  where we have been. Footprints through time'Formby Footprints' from 7000 years ago and Buzz Ald...

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defining water

Walking in this landscape, you become acutely aware of water. It defines the land. Burns fill up in response to weather,  becoming animate. After heavy rain, water becomes a visceral force in the landscape.midsummer sizzles S-T-E-A-M rises from ov...

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colour walks

Alec Finlay has imagined walks between some colour place names in the landscape (Alec Finlay: Some Colour Trends ). Alec was interested to know how the names relate to reality in nature, and if walks between them were actually possible. So I went to ex...

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this is your land

The pressure from shooting estates in the Hielan Ways area results in a heavy land management program. Gamekeepers are employed by the big – and frequently absentee – landowners to manage their estates and maintain the grouse population artificially hi...

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danger of death

There are reminders everywhere as to the purpose of this land. Often you see piles of discarded gun cartridges. You see them in different colours - blues, green, reds, orange.Perhaps they are colour coded for different types of bullet?On a two day w...

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hielan’ safari

‘It is a badge of honour among hikers to have ‘bagged’ all 284 Munros, which to the uninitiated, might sound like a joyless mountain slog. But even for non-committed trekkers, a spot of Munro bagging is an infinitely exhilarating experience in the wil...

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picts and turbines

The Pict Road (Ron’s route)Ron Brander had researched a route that seemed to link several locations of significance to the Pictish tribes (Ron Brander, personal correspondence). The route starts at the Glacks of Balloch and ends at Milton of Lesmore. S...

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