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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenM" data-source="post: 3212325" data-attributes="member: 57880"><p>Great account Rich, and brought back fond memories of the "hielands", In my youth It was an annual pilgrimage to the high tops and beyond. I can remember parking the car adjacent to a "Sutherland floe" and for the first time and  last, appreciating the term...."the silence was deafening!" Just the song of a distant Curlew on high...pure magic! Then carefully traversing across the said floe, in an almost dreamlike state...for it to be instantly shattered! by three Harrier jump jets flying at almost hedge height (coming from behind) no warning! as they were breaking the sound barrier....just two words were uttered, as we hit the deck!....ah yes I remember it well, it was the first time that I ever came face to face with Sundew (a tick!)  :t:</p></blockquote><p></p>