Trossachs

The Trossachs is beautiful and grand and perhaps before the carriage road was made it was wild enough, especially for some benighted wanderer who had all too good reason to fear "Highland plunderers."

The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career Lucy Maud 1917

Far away from London and the South East, the Trossachs is a strikingly beautiful corner of Scotland just to the north of Loch Lomond, sometimes described as the Highlands in miniature.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Clive Anderson 2011

= Scott says: "Until the present road was made through the romantic pass I have presumptuously attempted to describe, there was no mode of issuing out of the defile called the Trossachs, excepting by a sort of ladder, composed of the branches and roots of trees."

Lady of the Lake Walter Scott 1801

"The Trossachs is the name of a narrow gorge among the mountains.

Rollo in Scotland Jacob Abbott 1841

One year while I was teaching in Scotland, I visited a forest in the Trossachs called "The Fairy Forest."

Sandra Ingerman: How to Create a Prayer Tree in Your Local Community Sandra Ingerman 2011

Loch Katrine in the Trossachs ... where the mysterious knight saw the Lady of the Lake.

Ten of the best 2011

Our flight ended over Loch Lomond, and offered views of the Trossachs and Arrochar, and glens, gardens, stately homes, and castles, above corners of Scotland rarely seen.

Lea Lane: Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland Lea Lane 2011

Various venues, Fri to 30 OctIain AitchCowal Walking & Arts Festival, Cowal Peninsula, Sat to 16 OctMore than 70 walks, tours, theatre, food, art and wildlife events, plus horse riding, all around the Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Forest Park.

This week's new events 2011

One year while I was teaching in Scotland, I visited a forest in the Trossachs called "The Fairy Forest."

Sandra Ingerman: How to Create a Prayer Tree in Your Local Community Sandra Ingerman 2011

One year while I was teaching in Scotland, I visited a forest in the Trossachs called "The Fairy Forest."

Sandra Ingerman: How to Create a Prayer Tree in Your Local Community Sandra Ingerman 2011