Rainbow over the Pap of Glencoe

Rainbow over the pap
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Walking between Ballachulish and Glencoe Village, this is the view you get of the Pap of Glencoe. This was quite a dull damp day, but I was blessed with this amazing rainbow.

This part of the road is said to be particularly haunted. Just out into the water is the Burial Island of Eilean Munde. Eilean Munde on is the traditional burial ground of the people of Glencoe. Tradition has it that Alasdair MacDonald, (MacIain of Glencoe), was buried here after the massacre in 1692. The island takes its name from an Irish disciple of St Columba, St Mundus, who settled there for a period in the 7th century.

One local witch was also going to be buried on the Island, but every time they tried to sail her body across, a storm came, preventing the party from crossing. Her body was buried on the shore - where the A82 road now runs!!

Across the water is Callart House. Many folk have spoken of the Callart Light, coming down the hill and then starting to cross the loch.

You can see in the picture, on a day like that it a tranquil oasis. Just watch out in the dead of winter, with the wind howling and the rain battering against your window!!

The highlands are renowned for their Ghost stories and tales. What do you think? Do you believe in Ghosts?