Reassuring to find in these dry days of May that the Sherrifmuir, no stranger to conflagrations, comes equipped with its own fire extinguisher.

 

Sundews insectivoriously await their prey on Bankhead Moss.

“Accordingly, I lay down to sleep; a little peaty earth had drifted in between the top of the two rocks, and some bracken grew there, to be a bed to me; the last thing I heard was still the crying of the eagles.”

P.339 ‘Kidnapped’ Robert Louis Stevenson

“We worked at the long, straight peat cutting I had first seen on my way to Achmore. The dry peats were stacked in small heaps, and Mairi and I filled sacks from these heaps. Murdo Beaton filled the big creel, working alongside us…”

Allan Campbell McLean, The Hill of the Red Fox. Kelpies

 

On the wonderful Island of Struay the peat banks are just behind the village hall. #KatieMorag #MairiHedderwick @PenguinRandomHouse http://katiemorag.com/contact-me.asp

Marykirk (56.46’55″N 2.30’57” W) to Luthermuir (56.48’27” N 2.33’43″W)

Reformation to Disruption.

 

Map of area around Watten, Caithness.

 

Scottish Natural Heritage are trying to patch up the bog at Flanders Moss. It may look bland just now but once the rewetting begins Nature will weave the sphagnums, heathers, bog grasses and mosses into a cloth to rival Harris tweed.