{"id":2362,"date":"2016-05-06T22:33:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T21:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2016-05-09T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T16:15:06","slug":"up-the-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2362","title":{"rendered":"Up the Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Up the Glen\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6531.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2362\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>It was a nostalgia trip.\u00a0\u00a0 Dollar Glen was always a very special place for me when I was growing up.\u00a0 An exciting place, with paths cut along the rock face, trees enclosing the Dollar burn which flowed through the gorges, and cascaded in magnificent waterfalls.\u00a0 After a steep climb the ruins of Castle Campbell would appear, making the long slog up the paths.steps and bridges well worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6531.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2368\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6531.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6531\" width=\"445\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6531.jpg 445w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6531-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fifty years on\u00a0Mary and I\u00a0made he climb today in lovely spring weather.\u00a0 There was a lovely light, the trees were busting into leaf, and wildflowers were everywhere, bluebells, violets, primroses, shamrock to mention but a few.\u00a0\u00a0 But fifty years on, the paths and steps do seem a little steeper than I remember.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2365\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6520.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2365 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6520.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6520\" width=\"445\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6520.jpg 445w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6520-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Long Bridge used to lead through this gorge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I was looking forward to walking what I rememberd we called the Long Bridge through a narrow chasm where the burns splits into two.\u00a0 The chasm was there but the bridge has now gone and that route to the Castle is no longer an option.\u00a0 I recall reading that Andrew Milne who was the first rector of Dollar Academy and the parish minister of Dollar, explored these gorges in the\u00a0Victorian age long before paths were cut out of rock nd bridgess built.\u00a0\u00a0 What an experience that must have been,but not one Iwouldlike to copy.<\/p>\n<p>A nice set of photographs will enhance this memory of the nostalgic walk up Dollar Glen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6525.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2366\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2366\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6525.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6525\" width=\"445\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6525.jpg 445w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6525-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6527.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2367\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6527.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6527\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6527.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6527-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6527-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6527-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6537.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2369\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6537.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6537\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6537.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6537-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6537-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_6537-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a nostalgia trip.\u00a0\u00a0 Dollar Glen was always a very special place for me when I was growing up.\u00a0 An exciting place, with paths cut along the rock face, trees enclosing the Dollar burn which flowed through the gorges, and cascaded in magnificent waterfalls.\u00a0 After a steep climb the ruins of Castle Campbell 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