When I was writing 'Scotch Pine' I used the MacNab burial ground at Inchbuie, Killin as a setting for the final scenes of the book. I'd never actually been on the island itself, although I'd taken photos of the entrance gates and had sourced some photos on the internet. However, this week I've finally been able to 'visit' Killin, through a BBC TV programme which was first aired in 2008 - Railway Walks. The episode starts in Callendar at the 'Dreadnought' hotel and travels through scenery very well known to Hamish as it is part of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, before arriving at the Falls and venturing across to the island in the company of the Laird of Macnab. I was entranced! It's fabulous and just exactly the way I'd imagined it when I was writing. If you are in the UK, you can catch it on the BBCiplayer for the next week or so : see http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fd1dd for more details.It made me very 'homesick' - my heart is still in the Highlands!
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