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2026-07-12 15:24 UTC
Colours of the day, colours of the Highland summer, and the colours of Assynt, at Little Assynt today.
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@withaveeay@mastodon.scot 2026-07-12 15:27
This to my is another poignant part of the walk. This area was cleared of the people who lived here in the savage Clearances of the 19th century, all in the name of "improvement." No-one has lived here in 150-200 years, but their cultivation beds are still clearly visible in the landscape. Even the name the "betters" used for these cultivation beds, "lazy beds" shows the contempt with which they treated people who thrived here.