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Description: | These Highland Journal entries written by Robert Burns have been scanned as 20 two-up 'pages'. The first 5 pages are more like diary entries, with the Journal proper starting on the 6th page. The journey lasted 22 days and covered 600 miles from Edinburgh to Inverness, along the Moray coastline to Peterhead, down to Aberdeen, Perth and back to Edinburgh.
Burns conducted a number of Journeys around parts of Scotland to gather material and an understanding of the country. This Highland Journey was his longest and he was accompanied by his schoolmaster friend William Nichol, travelling in a horse drawn covered carriage.
Page 11. At Dunkeld he meets Neil Gow the celebrated Fiddler and visits his home. Next day they ride up through the pass of Killiecrankie to Blair Atholl, and he has supper with the Duchess. Saturday is spent riding round the area with his hosts where he comments favourably on the Scenery and dines at Blair. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Journal of Robert Burns's Tour of the Hi | Go to resource |
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