Formidable, dominating
Kinlochewe, coordinating
Glen Torridon's three-pronged attack,
Spanning west to Liathach,
Beinn Alligin, radiating
Long lines and flanks, dictating
Who shall pass and implicating
Threat, peril and slow retreats back
Formidable,
Indelible as wind, waiting
If forgotten, permeating
Fate, a megalomaniac,
Garbed in jewels of stone, rocks of black
And red, filed down, emancipating
Formidables.
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The Munros - and other Scottish hills
PoetryPoems about the mountains of Scotland and their enduring magnetism. For the uninitiated, Scotland's mountains are grouped by height, those above 3000ft being named The Munros. There are 282 of these, so climbing them all is a suitably challenging am...
