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Loch Katrine is roughly 13 km (8 miles) long and 1 km (0.6 miles) wide. It’s the main water reservoir for much of Glasgow and its surrounding areas.
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The poem Lady of the Lake created Scotland’s first tourism boom.
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Sir Henry Raeburn’s portrait of Sir Walter Scott (1822).
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The historic steamship Sir Walter Scott has been cruising the waters of Loch Katrine for over a century.
popular music hall song in the UK and USA. It was so loved by the President’s first lady that she insisted it was played whenever he entered the room to announce his arrival. It’s still used to this day and was played at President Obama’s inauguration.
– Artists were drawn to the Scottish landscape by Scott’s atmospheric descriptions of the countryside, particularly of the Highlands. Look at John Knox’s painting Landscape with Tourists at Loch Katrine in the National Gallery of Scotland and you’ll see a prime example of Scott’s influence.
Programme
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority plan to celebrate the anniversary with a programme of cultural and literary events that will give a particular focus to the natural and cultural heritage of the Trossachs. Support for the celebrations is coming from SNH, Forestry Commission Scotland, Event Scotland, LEADER, Stirling Council and local businesses and communities.
A key event planned for autumn 2010 is ‘The Chase’, named after the
“The events provide a great opportunity for people to gain an appreciation of the relationship between people and place,” explained Paul Roberts, the SNH area officer in Stirling who’s responsible for liaising with the national park. “They also provide people with a chance to understand how landscapes change through time and to link this with how climate change will shape the landscapes of the future.” For more information on all the activities in the Scott’sLand programme visit
www.scottsland.co.uk
first part of the poem where James V hunts a stag through the Trossachs. This will be a family-friendly sports event, combining running and cycling the route of the chase from the poem and finishing with a ceilidh in the evening.
Other events will include:
– a permanent art and literary trail around Loch Katrine;
– promotional cruises on Loch Katrine; – a Trossachs film week; – a superbly produced reprint of Lady of the Lake; and
– a range of exhibitions and guided walks.
Scott passionately promoted Scotland as a country of wild, untouched landscapes, rich in history and myth.
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