vuirich wrote:Charles Stuart climbed Sgurr Thuilm. Thomas Pennant climbed Beinn na Caillich near Broadford, but Samuel Johnson didn't.
“A savage series of mountains, discoloured black and red as if by the rage of fire.” (Black and Red Cuillin, seen from Beinn na Caillich, as described by Thomas Pennant)
Yes - three 18th century tours of the Highlands and Islands, done by very different personalities in very different circumstances. Charles’s tour was less relaxing! Pennant was a lover of nature and the outdoors: Johnson less so.
Over to you!
Tim