BIRSE
ABERDEENSHIRE
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View from Ballochan
looking out towards Auchabrack
and the Forest of Birse
It [Ballochan] stands high on a hill and looks up to Birse Castle, down to the Water of Feugh and across two hills, one covered in pine forest, the other in heather.  There were green pasturelands to the right with cattle grazing on them.  The wind was beginning to pick up, it whispered tales of days gone by, but too quietly for me to hear.

Ballachan is surrounded by a small stone fence, covered in moss, and topped with an old green iron one. It is certainly remote, you can see for miles, but not another soul around.  There were spots of rain beginning to fall and the clouds hung low and heavy above, all this created and enhanced the wildness, the remoteness of the area.                                
Journal entry - August 17, 1999
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