Scotland – Argyllshire

Photographs, words and illustrations Nick Sidle

Photograph – Loch Linnhe

Glen Coe

Photograph

South West Highland. Valley of magic through the mountains and site of the 1692 massacre where politics, power, long running tensions and missing cattle all came together in a night whose ghosts are still said to walk the land and whose infamy rests on betrayed hospitality. 21.9 square miles of National Nature Reserve formed from a collapsed super volcano (so if you are hoping for another like it remember the disruption of the building work before you can enjoy it), then reshaped by ice leaving a classic U-shaped glacial valley. The set for multiple blockbuster films in recent years.

Argyllshire Album