Trip to The Unknown

©2019 Barry Smith - The Unknown

After a morning's work Fiona and I decided to make the most of a sunshine filled day in the Highlands and return to Borgie Glen to do a walk to the sculpture by Kenny Hunter called The Unknown - "an outcast in iron surveying the landscape".

The sculpture sits on a wee hill in a pine forest looking towards Mount Loyal. The work stands over 2m tall and being cast in solid iron it will stand for many years - raising all sorts of questions and comments.

©2019 Barry Smith  - Big unknown

©2019 Barry Smith  - The Unknown in the landscape

©2019 Barry Smith  - Looking to Mt Loyal

This was the location where we discovered a wee glade filled with mosses, lichens and fungi - after a couple of weeks of wind and warmer weather many things had finished their cycle of growth - but it was still a glorious place to pause for a sandwich for lunch.

©2019 Barry Smith  - Lunch spot in the heart of the glade

©2019 Barry Smith 

©2019 Barry Smith 

©2019 Barry Smith  - Some Blue-greens remained

©2019 Barry Smith  - Angel wings

©2019 Barry Smith  - Finished their cycle

©2019 Barry Smith  - Another unusual form of lichen

Another feature of the walk was the abundance of heather and other flowers.

©2019 Barry Smith  - Tiny heather flowers

©2019 Barry Smith 

©2019 Barry Smith  - Bee on daffodil 

©2019 Barry Smith  - Grape like heather flowers

©2019 Barry Smith  - Delicate pink heather

On our way home we sought out and walked to a clearance village - sad but beautiful - but that is for a later day.