Keswick to Glencoe
Today was our longest driving day…scheduled for nearly six hours. We left the beautiful Lake Distr ...
Posted in Travelling in Great Britain 2013 by camner
Day 7: Amazing Glencoe
Glencoe. I had heard so much about the mountains and wanted to see them. We decided to go all the way ...
Posted in Ireland & Scotland by Karen E
高地北部的傳奇
,在於不經雕琢的大自然,放眼所及,儘是高山、溪流及荒野。正!! 擔凳仔聽故: 在高地那一片廣闊的Glencoe山谷中,正是蘇格蘭歷史上最有名的一次大屠殺的發生地(Glencoe Massacre)。當初這裏有McDonald部落的村莊,如今只剩下空曠的山地。據記載,因為長久以來蘇格蘭與英格蘭之間的對立關係、當地遲遲不肯表態臣服英國皇朝,1692年,蘇格蘭的格倫科(Glencoe). 麥克唐納氏族(McDonald),詹姆士二世(James II)的追隨者在這年冬天的二月寒冷黎明,共38名氏族成員慘遭殺害 ...
Posted in My Travel Journal by oscarmok