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A SEASON IN STRATHGLASS

This eBook edition published in 2013 by

Birlinn Limited

West Newington House

Newington Road

Edinburgh

EH9 1QS

www.birlinn.co.uk

Copyright Â© John Fowler, 2013

Photographs by Catherine Fowler and the author

The moral right of John Fowler to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form without the express written permission of the publisher.

eBook ISBN: 978-0-85790-644-1
ISBN: 978-1-78027-157-6

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Version 1.0

for Alasdair and Sheila

CONTENTS

List of Plates

Drained of colour in the early morning light â hill and loch in Glen Affric.

Sgurr na Lapaich, distinctive landmark at the head of Glen Affric.

Sunlit islet in Glen Strathfarrar. Impressive stands of Caledonian pines like these descendants of the ancient forest survive in all three Strathglass glens.

Snow-capped Toll Creagach rises to 1054 metres between Glen Affric and Glen Cannich, here seen from a neighbouring height unnamed on the map â hence dubbed by the author No Name Hill.

Sir John Lister-Kaye, writer and naturalist, runs an upmarket field centre at Aigas. Here beside the River Affric he planned a system of woodland paths with the Forestry Commission.

Traffic! Bin day in remote Glen Cannich.

Sturdy hill-walkers Bob and Walter relax at the Backpackers' in Cannich. âYou can't go wrong on Mam Sodhail,' they told the author, who followed their advice.

Frank Spencer-Nairn, landowner and deer farmer at Culligran in Glen Strathfarrar, tags a calf, with muscular aid from his farm manager, Hamish.

Colourful collection of flies for the well-equipped fisherman. Will it be Juliet today?

Dennis the gillie rests on his oars on one of the small Hill Lochs, with clients from âthe Six'. Distant Affric hills rim the horizon.

Ex-river bailiff George tips salmon fry into the burn. Few of the thousands released this day will return as adults to spawn after the hazards of their journey to the sea.

Stuart and Tina at the threshold of their home in the woods near Tomich.

Snug's the word for the little house that Stuart built.

John MacLennan â âJohnny Affric' â with stag. An expert stalker, dressed in traditional tweeds even for a heatwave.

Mosses and lichens encrust a stone near the River Bend in Glen Cannich. Such botanic gardens in miniature flourish in the damp climate of the west.

Louise, a dreamer who smiles at adversity, with Fritz (on the left). Horses are her passion.

Old Duncan â âDunky Affric' â nearing his century after a lifetime as stalker, shepherd and gillie, and now author of a fascinating country memoir.

Boris the wild boar and progeny at the trough. All gone to market now.

Russell, deer stalker for the Forestry Commission, surveys the terrain south of Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin. But this day the deer evade him.

Shinty match at Cannich. Strathglass under attack.

Sister Petra Clare, âhermit iconographer', adds a last detail to her virgin and child.

Drained of colour in the early morning light â hill and loch in Glen Affric.

Sgurr na Lapaich, distinctive landmark at the head of Glen Affric.

Sunlit islet in Glen Strathfarrar. Impressive stands of Caledonian pines like these descendants of the ancient forest survive in all three Strathglass glens.

Snow-capped Toll Creagach rises to 1054 metres between Glen Affric and Glen Cannich, here seen from a neighbouring height unnamed on the map â hence dubbed by the author No Name Hill.

Sir John Lister-Kaye, writer and naturalist, runs an upmarket field centre at Aigas. Here beside the River Affric he planned a system of woodland paths with the Forestry Commission.

Traffic! Bin day in remote Glen Cannich.

Sturdy hill-walkers Bob and Walter relax at the Backpackers' in Cannich. âYou can't go wrong on Mam Sodhail,' they told the author, who followed their advice.

Frank Spencer-Nairn, landowner and deer farmer at Culligran in Glen Strathfarrar, tags a calf, with muscular aid from his farm manager, Hamish.

Colourful collection of flies for the well-equipped fisherman. Will it be Juliet today?

Dennis the gillie rests on his oars on one of the small Hill Lochs, with clients from âthe Six'. Distant Affric hills rim the horizon.

Ex-river bailiff George tips salmon fry into the burn. Few of the thousands released this day will return as adults to spawn after the hazards of their journey to the sea.

Stuart and Tina at the threshold of their home in the woods near Tomich.

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