Scottish Highlands

The Reids said:

Where do they end? Is it just all the "continuous"
mountains north and west starting from Arran in the west?

Technically it'll be north of the Highland Boundary Fault.
Arran is at one end of it and it runs across Loch Lomond to
about Dunkeld and then around Stonehaven on the E coast.

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Can I correctly add pictures of Arran, Jura and Mull of
Kintyre to my photo page "Scottish Highlands"

Don't see why not.

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Reids <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Where do they end? Is it just all the "continuous"
mountains north and west starting from Arran in the west?
Can I correctly add pictures of Arran, Jura and Mull of
Kintyre to my photo page "Scottish Highlands"

Why not say "Scottish Highlands and Islands"?

Then you will be encouraged to visit some more islands :-)

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Malcolm

The Reids wrote

Quoted message said:

Where do they end? Is it just all the "continuous"
mountains north and west starting from Arran in the west?
Can I correctly add pictures of Arran, Jura and Mull of
Kintyre to my photo page "Scottish Highlands"

It's usually the Highlands and Islands. Islands is broken
down into Shetland, Orkney, Outer Hebrides, Inner Hebrides,
Skye and Mull and Highlands is broken down into Western
Highlands above the Great Glen and the Central Highlands
below. Cairngorms is often regarded as separate group.

AFAIK

But there are other smaller areas often identified by the
rivers that drain out of them (eg. Tarf, Feshie, Coe) or
discrete geographical group (eg. Mamores, Lawers, Cairnwell,
Trossachs etc)

Chris

The Reids said:

Where do they end? Is it just all the "continuous"
mountains north and west starting from Arran in the west?
Can I correctly add pictures of Arran, Jura and Mull of
Kintyre to my photo page "Scottish Highlands"

Achill Island Co. Mayo

The Highland boundary fault then disappearsunder the
Atlantic for good. Catches a lot of Donegal, fetches up in
Scotland at Machrihanish, Kintyre, ironically putting the
rough hilly bit of the peninsula in the "lowlands", crosses
Arran and up to Helensburgh, Loch Lomond, and the familiar
line beyond.

Mull of Kintyre - not geographically highland, but
everyone considers it to be culturally... Stick them all
under Highland.

Richard Webb

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Reids <[email hidden]> writes

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Following up to RJ Webb

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Mull of Kintyre - not geographically highland, but
everyone considers it to be culturally... Stick them all
under Highland.

You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving north
with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it hard to
accept Glasgow was behind it rather than America. :-)

Eh? If you were driving north how could Arran be anywhere
but to the *east* of you?

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>Following up to RJ Webb
>
>>Mull of Kintyre - not geographically highland, but
>>everyone considers it to be culturally... Stick them
>>all under Highland.
>
>You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving
>north with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it
>hard to accept Glasgow was behind it rather than
>America. :-)

Eh? If you were driving north how could Arran be
anywhere but to the *east* of you?

Well, if you were driving north on the A78 past Troon for
example, when it would be to the west of you with America
"behind" it. As opposed to driving north on the B842 in the
Carradale forest when, as the Reids presumably found, it
was to the east.

Yes, yes, but as the Reids were on Kintyre your answer is
totally irrelevant, though perfectly accurate :-)

My question to the Reids stands.

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Malcolm

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Reids <[email hidden]> writes

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Following up to Craven

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Quoted message said:

>You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving
>north with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it
>hard to accept Glasgow was behind it rather than
>America. :-)

Eh? If you were driving north how could Arran be
anywhere but to the *east* of you?

?

Driving north, Arran would normally be in the west, but if
you're driving south, lets say, Campletown - London, you're
actually heading north for the first 100 or so miles and
Arran is on your right (eastern) side.

Correct, in which case America can't possibly be
"behind it"!

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I would imagine for every person who sees Arran from the
west, a thousand see it from the east[1] and its unusual to
drive north when going south. Hence it seems odd when
heading for London to have the sea, Arran and Glasgow on
the right (probably less so if you're doing the
navigating).

OK, it seems odd to you, but for someone living in the west
of Scotland (like what I do), it is perfectly normal :-)

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In fact if you could see it Arran would be on your right
(but not east) for the first couple of hundred miles of
the journey.

1] I'm assuming you can see Arran from places like Ayr?

Of course.

You can also see Arran from where I live, over 40 miles to
the west, and, if seen from Arran, America is certainly
behind us!

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Following up to RJ Webb

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Mull of Kintyre - not geographically highland, but
everyone considers it to be culturally... Stick them all
under Highland.

You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving
north with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it hard
to accept Glasgow was behind it rather than America. :-)

America is behind it. It's just that Eurasia is blocking
the view!

LOL!

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Following up to RJ Webb

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Mull of Kintyre - not geographically highland, but everyone
considers it to be culturally... Stick them all under
Highland.

You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving north
with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it hard to
accept Glasgow was behind it rather than America. :-)
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For questions like that I'd always turn to the Edinburgh Uni Gazeteer:

"Highlands

A name given to that part of Scotland northwest of a line
approximating to the Highland Boundary Fault that joins
Helensburgh in the southwest to Stonehaven in the northeast,
the Highlands is a term that can be used as a geographical
or cultural definition. Geographically, it comprises the
upland areas of Scotland in the Grampian Mountains and the
North West Highlands which are separated from each other by
the Great Glen. Culturally, the lower eastern margin from
Caithness round the Moray Firth to Moray and Aberdeenshire
can also be included in the Highlands."

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Following up to RJ Webb

Quoted message said:

Mull of Kintyre - not geographically highland, but
everyone considers it to be culturally... Stick them all
under Highland.

You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving
north with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it hard
to accept Glasgow was behind it rather than America. :-)

America is behind it. It's just that Eurasia is
blocking the view!

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scotland.org.uk The Mountaineering Council of Scotland

J MacEwan said:

Culturally, the lower eastern margin from Caithness round
the Moray Firth to Moray and Aberdeenshire can also be
included in the Highlands."

Interesting. Why though?

Bernie

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The Reids <[email hidden]> writes

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Following up to RJ Webb

Quoted message said:

Mull of Kintyre - not geographically highland, but
everyone considers it to be culturally... Stick them all
under Highland.

You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving
north with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it hard
to accept Glasgow was behind it rather than America. :-)

Eh? If you were driving north how could Arran be anywhere
but to the *east* of you?

?

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America is behind it. It's just that Eurasia is blocking
the view!

Yawn.. another misguided individual who thiks the world
is round....

Richard Webb

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In article <[email hidden]>,
The Reids <[email hidden]> writes

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Following up to RJ Webb

>Mull of Kintyre - not geographically highland, but
>everyone considers it to be culturally... Stick them
>all under Highland.

You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving
north with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it
hard to accept Glasgow was behind it rather than
America. :-)

Eh? If you were driving north how could Arran be
anywhere but to the *east* of you?

Well, if you were driving north on the A78 past Troon for
example, when it would be to the west of you with America
"behind" it. As opposed to driving north on the B842 in the
Carradale forest when, as the Reids presumably found, it was
to the east.

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Following up to Craven

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You drive through the Highlands to get there! Driving
north with the sea and Arrran on my right I found it
hard to accept Glasgow was behind it rather than
America. :-)

Eh? If you were driving north how could Arran be anywhere
but to the *east* of you?

?

Driving north, Arran would normally be in the west, but if
you're driving south, lets say, Campletown - London, you're
actually heading north for the first 100 or so miles and
Arran is on your right (eastern) side. I would imagine for
every person who sees Arran from the west, a thousand see it
from the east[1] and its unusual to drive north when going
south. Hence it seems odd when heading for London to have
the sea, Arran and Glasgow on the right (probably less so if
you're doing the navigating). In fact if you could see it
Arran would be on your right (but not east) for the first
couple of hundred miles of the journey.

1] I'm assuming you can see Arran from places like Ayr?
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America is behind it. It's just that Eurasia is blocking
the view!

Yawn.. another misguided individual who thiks the world is
round....

No I don't. You fall off thge edge after you pass Iceland!

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:57:13 +0100, The Reids <[email hidden]>

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1] I'm assuming you can see Arran from places like Ayr?

Only when it isn't raining. Or about to rain. Or just
stopped raining.

Hmm, make that "no" then...

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1] I'm assuming you can see Arran from places like Ayr?

Only when it isn't raining. Or about to rain. Or just
stopped raining.

Hmm, make that "no" then...

Know what you mean all too well, but that trip, ten days,
wet days....1.
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