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    Neil M Gunn's Highland River

    Posted by AlanWright 2 October 2011

    Dunbeath Heritage Centre sits just off the A9, from Inverness to Wick and on the top edge of the UK. Here you can learn the history of Neil M Gunn (1891-1973), and immerse yourself in his books. Read the heartbreaking account of Scottish fishing folk devastated by the Highland Clearances in The Silver Darlings (1941). Or, while staying in Dunbeath, read Gunn’s Highland River (1937), climbing from childhood to manhood as he wanders further up Dunbeath River to its source, and then follow the path of the atmospheric novel at your leisure. This is not a well-trodden tourist track, with plenty of ancient sites, ensuring your time spent in Gunn’s company becomes a gentle and spiritual experience. Gunn's story can be found in the centre.

    www.dunbeath-heritage.org.uk/
    The Old School, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland, KW6 6D
    +44(0)1593 731233
    Google map: bit.ly/oYV2QP

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