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I discovered this lichen covered rock one day while walking in Glen Kerry. I didn't have my camera with me, so I made a careful note of my location so that I could return and photograph this rock, which was only about 150mm across.
A week later I returned, and I couldn't find the rock! I searched and searched, but somehow my memory of how things were located had failed me. Normally I have an excellent memory for places. I was about to give up after an hour when I stumbled on it again! Had somebody or something moved it? I'll never know. When I told this story to a friend a few years later they asked why I hadn't just picked it up and carried it home to photograph it.
Well I never thought of that, it just didn't occur to me, I suppose because it's a habit with me to remember places and go back to them at another time. Anyway, I got my photograph of the beautiful lichen pattern, and I've never seen any other lichen pattern like this to this day. If anybody reading this can put a name to it I'd like to know what it's called.
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.
Glen Kerry; Gaelic is Gleann Chearraidh derived from the Norse kjarr-á meaning ‘copse’, this continues to be an excellent description of the landscape at this place.
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