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THE HIGHLANDS and SKYE
The largest loch by water volume (Loch Ness), the highest mountain (Ben Nevis), the most westerly place on mainland Britain (Ardnamurchan Point), the most spectacular mountain range (the Cuillins of Skye); superlatives abound in the Highlands and Skye.
Though the scenery is grand and wild, excellent communications and transport links temper the sense of remoteness by road, rail and air; (Inverness Airport, for example, has direct London flights, while Skye now has its own bridge).
The area is also big enough to have its own scenic variety, from the soaring crags of Glencoe, looming over the main road, to the wide-open rolling moors of Caithness in the north, where the sense of space and sky is inspiring. Then there are the old pinewoods of upper Speyside, with the Cairngorms in the background; the long reaches of the Great Glen, whose famous loch hides a monster mystery; the sunny shores of the inner Moray Firth around the resort of Nairn with its fine golf courses, and the glorious vistas to the Small Isles from the 'Road to the Isles' between Fort William and Mallaig (even better by rail). From the big glens such as Cannich and Affric on the backbone of
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