Harry Potter And The Jacobites
The magic of Glenfinnan is the fascination it holds for different generations.
Have you ever wanted to go to a museum but there is just no way the kids are buying it because museums are history and history’s boring? Let me introduce you to a magical place just north of the Scottish Highland town of Fort William on the road to Mallaig.
A spectacular railway bridge traverses amazing mountain scenery over which a steam train regularly passes every day between April and October. You see, mostly depending on your age, or on your outlook and interests, this train, and the line it passes along has a different name and appeal to different people.
I represent the old people who like museums and love history. On reaching the village of Glenfinnan at the end of Loch Shiel the first thing you see is a tower with a statue of a lone highlander on the top. You find yourself standing at the historic site where centuries ago, the clan chiefs rallied to the cause of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite uprising of 1745 began.
In the hills nearby a huge stone viaduct towers a hundred feet above the valley floor…
