Amazing what turns up. From 1936,

Mountain footfalls

Ian mentions my father I. Book a great read- it mentions my Dad.in 1936 as students missionary.

Achnacarry Glendessary can you identify the keeper?  From my sister “this photo around 1935-6.Dad was student minister missionary at Achnacary, friends with Donald Cameron head keeper on estate .Used to send Dad venison by post , it was very bloody Mum had fun cooking it

Does anyone have any information on the above photo. I am sure it was from when my Dad was a student minister at Achnacarry in the late 1930’s. He was often out giving communion to the various  outlying remote settlements in the area. I was brought up on the many tales of the keeper who carried the communion cups and wine and was looking after my Dad on these trips. They often went over the hills and the tops and that made a huge impression on my Dad who was super fit and at Edinburgh University and captain of the Harriers. He spoke about visits to the big house and the Cameron’s of Locheil and there work during the war.  I was very young  about 10 when we got our first car I remember the wild drive up to Achnacarry, Loch Arkaig and Glendessary to see this magical place. I was sick most of the way yet I never forgot that road or the hills and they remain majestic to me. I was often up in this area and it became somewhere else I bonded with.  I am sure we met the keeper and his family but my memory fails me.

I was just a wee laddie. My Dad often spoke about with great warmth for the way he was looked after by the keeper and the locals.  

Thank you Ian for the piece in your book.