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This area, the village of Drumbeg in Assynt, was my favourite place when I first 'discovered' the West Highlands. Just a few miles further north is Gleann Leireag, a tiny village of just 3 or 4 houses at the head of Loch Nedd and it was at Gleann Leireag that was our favourite place to stay.
On our first visit our first walk was to the village of Drumbeg and beyond, a well remembered walk as I made a phone call from Drumbeg to learn that my first grandchild, Charlene, was born.
This particular view was taken almost 20 years later on a beautiful sunny day for touring the nooks and crannies of Sutherland, not always the best kind of day for the kind of photography I like, but the colours in this scene were irresistible.
I nipped up the hill from the road, invisible here but just below and beyond the foreground hill, to get a clear view of the scene. Satisfied that I'd got a nice shot that could be sold as a local greetings card we drove on looking forward to meeting our friend Nina who lives in Drumbeg.
North-west Highland Place Names
The landscape of the North-west Highlands and the Gaelic language are intimately connected. Other languages have contributed to the richness of our place names, notably Norse, but the North-west Highlands have for centuries been a Gaelic landscape. In listing the meanings of place names I have relied on authoritative sources wherever possible. For further information about sources please refer to North-west Highland Place Names in the main menu.
Assynt; From the Norse Asaint or Asaint meaning ‘ridge end’.
Drumbeg; In Sutherland, Gaelic An Druim Beag, meaning ‘the small ridge’.
Gleann Leireag; Gaelic, meaning ‘Larch Glen’.
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