Wow cool boat and awesome owls. I love your pictures that ocean and cliff is beautiful.
Thank you for the welcome note.
Anna del C.
Author of "The Elf and the Princess"
and "Trouble in the Elf City"
Hey Larry - you've been to my neck of the woods lately! My husband and I spent last weekend in the Highlands! I actually managed NOT to get eaten alive by the midges this time - which is a major achievement on the West coast at this time of the year!
My first trilogy "The Last Clansman" was all Scots folklore/mythology (standing stones too!) - some parts set in contemporary Edinburgh... published a while back by Simon & Schuster. I like the Arthurian idea set in Scotland though - will be interested to hear how it goes!
I found this site that may come in useful for anyone working on a fantasy story around Scotland that concerns caves.
http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~arb/scotland/caves_biblio.html
It is very helpful for me since my fictional story I am working on deals with the possibility of Campbeltown being the site of the real King Arthur.
"The earliest recorded example of the name Arthur in British records occurs as Arturius in Adomnan's "Life of Columba", written in the 7th century AD, where it is the name of a 6th century prince of the Scots, Arturius, who was the son of Aidan. Aidan was a king of the Scots from 574 AD."
Hmm caves and standing stones, an interesting thought. I would imagine that given the protective nature that caves provided they were stopping and resting points along well travelled paths, for one town or village to the next and may have take an almost sacred nature from generation to generation in the same ways that the standing stones would have done. Both of which would have then worked themselves into folklore, obviously just a thought and I have nothing to back this up with.
Hi Larry, thanks very much for your comments, greatly appreciated. I must admit although I travel to Scotland regularly for work, I never seem to get out of the office or hotel so haven’t yet had the chance to travel around and take in many of the standing stones and amazing sites that scenes that are up there, but I will get there one day. Hopefully sooner rather than later
First off I now can confess to having astigmatism which is finally being remedied Monday with contacts and glasses. I have become so accustomed to walking around in a fog that I feel like that old man in the Old Kung Fu series starring David Carridean. "...Quickly as you can, snatch the pebble from my hand... When you can take the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave".
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Thank you for the welcome note.
Anna del C.
Author of "The Elf and the Princess"
and "Trouble in the Elf City"
My first trilogy "The Last Clansman" was all Scots folklore/mythology (standing stones too!) - some parts set in contemporary Edinburgh... published a while back by Simon & Schuster. I like the Arthurian idea set in Scotland though - will be interested to hear how it goes!
http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~arb/scotland/caves_biblio.html
It is very helpful for me since my fictional story I am working on deals with the possibility of Campbeltown being the site of the real King Arthur.
"The earliest recorded example of the name Arthur in British records occurs as Arturius in Adomnan's "Life of Columba", written in the 7th century AD, where it is the name of a 6th century prince of the Scots, Arturius, who was the son of Aidan. Aidan was a king of the Scots from 574 AD."
http://www.legendofkingarthur.com/evidence.htm
I, as Carole, do like that photo of that cow ^^, lovely!
Great photos! And super-major success with your book! -C
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