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Loch Lomond. © Amy Laughinghouse Opposite: Courtesy of 4x4 Adventures Scotland
ference between the two is clearly and dra‐ ues of Liberty in it, one atop the other. The
matically illustrated from our perch on the area around this Loch is also home to ten
hill. percent of the UK’s wild plant life.
“On one side of the Loch there are more The thriving flora may be partially down
rolling hills. It’s more pastoral, more green,” to the fact that relatively few people live in
Bradley says, gesturing toward the Low‐ Scotland. “We have an awful lot of green
lands. “On the other side, there are a lot space and beautiful scenery, and that is
more browns, because of the amount of massively down to the lack of population,”
rock we have pushing up through the land‐ Bradley explains. “We are about 1/3 of the
scape from here north. Particularly in the UK’s land mass, but we have about seven
northwest, the scenery just gets more and percent of the population.”
more dramatic and the hills start getting What Scotland lacks in human numbers,
bigger when you’re in Glen Coe,” he says, however, it apparently makes up for in
referring to the splendidly isolated, u- deer. This estate is home to up to 7,000
shaped valley, cradled by lumpen peaks deer, Bradley informs us, although nary a
and beloved by hill-walkers, about 70 miles majestic stag or gamboling Bambi cross
to the north. our path today. My most exciting encounter
He's full of more fun facts, a few of is with a very large puddle---“engage the
which I’m sure will eventually serve me well snorkel,” Bradley quips---and a particularly
at trivia night. For instance, Loch Lomond is sharp righthand turn, where I stall the car
the largest body of fresh water in the UK. out repeatedly.
At 600 feet deep, you could sink two Stat‐
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