OS Map of Ben Venue

Stob Binnein, 1,165 metres, left, and Ben More, 1,174 metres, right, with its head in the clouds, from Ben Venue, 727 metres, above Loch Katrine, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Commentary. “But now he's sighing, His heart is crying To leave those green hills of Tyrol. Because those green hills are not highland hills Or the island hills, They're not my land's hills And, fair as these green, foreign hills, may be, They are not the hills of home.” So goes the song, “There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier.” Well, these are the Scottish hills, nay, mountains. We had climbed Ben Venue from near to Brig o’ Turk in little over two hours. This image looks north across Loch Katrine, made famous by Sir Walter Scott, in his story, “The Lady of the Lake.” We can see Stob Binnein, 1,165 metres, 3,822 feet, the highest of the twin peaks, in shot, Ben More, with its peak still shrouded by cloud, is the tallest mountain in the area, at 1,174 metres, 3,852 feet. Purple heather, emerald ferns, bottle-green coniferous plantations on lower slopes and the blue shadows of passing clouds. Yes, this is definitely the Highlands of Scotland!

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Mighty Ben More, above Tyndrum, head in the clouds, from Ben Venue above Loch Katrine, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Commentary. “But now he's sighing, His heart is crying To leave those green hills of Tyrol. Because those green hills are not highland hills Or the island hills, They're not my land's hills And, fair as these green, foreign hills, may be, They are not the hills of home.” So goes the song, “There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier.” Well, these are the Scottish hills, nay, mountains. We had climbed Ben Venue from near to Brig o’ Turk in little over two hours. This image looks north across Loch Katrine, made famous by Sir Walter Scott, in his story, “The Lady of the Lake.” We can see Stob Binnein, 1,165 metres, 3,822 feet, the highest of the twin peaks, in shot. Ben More, with its peak still shrouded by cloud, is the tallest mountain in the area, at 1,174 metres, 3,852 feet. Purple heather, emerald ferns, bottle-green coniferous plantations on lower slopes and the blue shadows of passing clouds. Yes, this is definitely the Highlands of Scotland!

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Mighty Ben More, above Crianlarich, head in the clouds, from Ben Venue above Loch Katrine, Stirlingshire, Scotland..

Commentary. “But now he's sighing, His heart is crying To leave those green hills of Tyrol. Because those green hills are not highland hills Or the island hills, They're not my land's hills And, fair as these green, foreign hills, may be, They are not the hills of home.” So goes the song, “There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier.” Well, these are the Scottish hills, nay, mountains. We had climbed Ben Venue from near to Brig o’ Turk in little over two hours. This image looks north across Loch Katrine, made famous by Sir Walter Scott, in his story, “The Lady of the Lake.” We can see Stob Binnein, 1,165 metres, 3,822 feet, the highest of the twin peaks, in shot. Ben More, with its peak still shrouded by cloud, is the tallest mountain in the area, at 1,174 metres, 3,852 feet. Purple heather, emerald ferns, bottle-green coniferous plantations on lower slopes and the blue shadows of passing clouds. Yes, this is definitely the Highlands of Scotland!

28-Aug-81 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr

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Mighty Ben More, above Crianlarich, head in the clouds, from Ben Venue above Loch Katrine.

Commentary. “But now he's sighing, His heart is crying To leave those green hills of Tyrol. Because those green hills are not highland hills Or the island hills, They're not my land's hills And, fair as these green, foreign hills, may be, They are not the hills of home.” So goes the song, “There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier.” Well, these are the Scottish hills, nay, mountains. We had climbed Ben Venue from near to Brig o’ Turk in little over two hours. This image looks north across Loch Katrine, made famous by Sir Walter Scott, in his story, “The Lady of the Lake.” We can see Stob Binnein, 1,165 metres, 3,822 feet, the highest of the twin peaks, in shot. Ben More, with its peak still shrouded by cloud, is the tallest mountain in the area, at 1,174 metres, 3,852 feet. Purple heather, emerald ferns, bottle-green coniferous plantations on lower slopes and the blue shadows of passing clouds. Yes, this is definitely the Highlands of Scotland!

28-Aug-81 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr

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Ben Lomond and the Arrochar Alps from the summit of Ben Venue above Loch Katrine in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, Scotland.

Commentary. Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park is a protected area of magnificent and beautiful scenery. Here, from 2,385 feet above the glorious Loch Katrine we peer west to see the distinctive peak of Ben Lomond from the summit of Ben Venue (727 metres.) On the right horizon, fading in the haze, are the peaks known as the Arrochar Alps, above and to the north-west of Loch Long. Views in all directions leave the senses almost overwhelmed, but very impressed.

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Ben Lomond and the Arrochar Alps from the summit of Ben Venue above Loch Katrine in the Trossachs.

Commentary. Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park is a protected area of magnificent and beautiful scenery. Here, from 2,385 feet above the glorious Loch Katrine we peer west to see the distinctive peak of Ben Lomond from the summit of Ben Venue (727 metres.) On the right horizon, fading in the haze, are the peaks known as the Arrochar Alps, above and to the north-west of Loch Long. Views in all directions leave the senses almost overwhelmed, but very impressed.

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Ben Lomond and the Arrochar Alps from the summit of Ben Venue above Loch Katrine in the Trossachs.

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Looking down from the summit of Ben Venue on the islands of beautiful Loch Katrine.

Commentary. Multiple bays, wooded islands, small peninsulas, coniferous forests, cruising Paddle-Steamers and a winding, confined, elegant, graceful sweep of water, called Loch Katrine, dominate this scene. The mountains of Crianlarich, to the north, near 4,000 feet, but here, in the Southern Highlands, the colours range from grey to Blueberry blue, and pink to brown to bottle-green. As clouds blot out the sun’s rays form and hue and tone and texture seem to transform constantly, in a living montage of exuberant colours. This is a much loved and exquisite area for outstanding scenery, in the round.

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Looking down from the summit of Ben Venue on the islands of beautiful Loch Katrine.

Commentary. Multiple bays, wooded islands, small peninsulas, coniferous forests, cruising Paddle-Steamers and a winding, confined, elegant, graceful sweep of water, called Loch Katrine, dominate this scene. The mountains of Crianlarich, to the north, near 4,000 feet, but here, in the Southern Highlands, the colours range from grey to Blueberry blue, and pink to brown to bottle-green. As clouds blot out the sun’s rays form and hue and tone and texture seem to transform constantly, in a living montage of exuberant colours. This is a much loved and exquisite area for outstanding scenery, in the round.

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Stob Binnein, 1,165 metres, left, and Ben More, 1,174 metres, right, with its head in the clouds, from Ben Venue, 727 metres, above Loch Katrine, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Commentary. “But now he's sighing, His heart is crying To leave those green hills of Tyrol. Because those green hills are not highland hills Or the island hills, They're not my land's hills And, fair as these green, foreign hills, may be, They are not the hills of home.” So goes the song, “There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier.” Well, these are the Scottish hills, nay, mountains. We had climbed Ben Venue from near to Brig o’ Turk in little over two hours. This image looks north across Loch Katrine, made famous by Sir Walter Scott, in his story, “The Lady of the Lake.” We can see Stob Binnein, 1,165 metres, 3,822 feet, the highest of the twin peaks, in shot. Ben More, with its peak still shrouded by cloud, is the tallest mountain in the area, at 1,174 metres, 3,852 feet. Purple heather, emerald ferns, bottle-green coniferous plantations on lower slopes and the blue shadows of passing clouds. Yes, this is definitely the Highlands of Scotland!

28-Aug-81 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr

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