bogs & swamps

Emily Bronte and the Bog Burst of 1824

A near-death experience for two little girls may have helped inspire 'Wuthering Heights'. [1800 words 7 mins

Jul 30 •

Ronald Turnbull

Theological bogs

The one landscape feature that embodies absolute evil… [1400 words 6 min

Apr 30 •

Ronald Turnbull

Egdon Heath – a fictitious moorland in Dorset

It takes a hardy soul to cross the bleak moorland – a Thomas Hardy soul… [1500 words 7 min

Oct 30, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Beauty and the Bog

On Friday Sutherland’s Flow Country achieved UNESCO World Heritage status [1100 wprds. 5 min

Jul 30, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

A Weight of Beauty

Mountaineer WH Murray crosses Rannoch Moor. And I do too. [1400 words, 7 mins

Jul 17, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Lost on Rannoch Moor

Why do sensible people make silly decisions? The story of the seven railway surveyors, with their two umbrellas, who set out across Rannoch on the last…

Jan 24, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

T S Eliot on Rannoch Moor

Was TS Eliot a poet of the Scottish Highlands? Apparently, he was. ‘Rannoch by Glencoe’ has been considered as his only great short lyric. Even if he…

Dec 13, 2023 •

Ronald Turnbull

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