Glencoe a famous glen, now a major travel route

 Much is made of Glencoe as a site of an infamous act of violence against highland hosts. The new King William in in the 1690s ordered the extermination of men of fighting age (5-70) of a small clan in Glencoe (valley of the Coe) as an example to the rest of the highlands. The commander went even further to include all inhabitants. 

It is laid at the feet of the murderous Campbell, and the 130 soldiers were led by a Captain Campbell although there were only 13 men named Campbell among them. The order came from the King, and then his commander onto hapless Captain Campbell.

So at 4am on a very cold snowy January morning, the attack began. 

We were there in late May, and it is now a major transit road, although still only two narrow lanes wide. There were 6-7 viewing spots, we stopped at 4. Outside it was really cold, and raining and a bit windy, but still we were drawn out of the bus by the beauty of the mountains. Of course it was a photo stop, but all the more welcome because the constant rain on the bus windows had made it very hard to take good pictures of these magnificent high mountains while on the move. Only 2-3 of us ever tried really.

So we passed  through Glencoe. There really are a lot of mountains in the highlands, even those few with roads through them, in total was over 6 hours of driving all told, and it was amazing.