The Falls of Glomach

The Falls of Glomach (‘glomach’ means ‘gloomy’ but I promise it’s not gloomy!) is Britain’s highest waterfalls. The Falls are over 100 metres high and are found in some of the wildest, most beautiful countryside. Most people on a tour of the Highlands will never see them, so it is a really special place.

In order to reach the Falls we will have a fun 5 kilometre walk there (and back). This is exactly what makes tourism in the Highlands special; to see the best places you often have to spend time and effort before you are rewarded.

In the summer there is often not much water, but if we are lucky we will arrive shortly after some rain in order to see the river ‘in full flow’. Even if there is not much water, we should see some fantastic views!

We visit Glomach when we stay in Kintail which is near the Isle of Skye. Over the next few weeks I will be blogging much more about the area, but why read about it when you can actually see it yourself! Book onto our course today to visit Glomach and many places like it!

Glossary

Gloomy: means dark (and a bit depressing)

Reward: is something good you receive for hard work (like a salary, or a prize, or in this case, wonderful views)

In full flow: can refer to a river (as it does here) when there is lots of water in it. You can also use this phrase as an idiom for when someone is talking a lot and you can’t stop them!

Blogging: this is a blog (web log) and ‘to blog’ is the verb


Photographs were taken by Paul Miller and are available to view on Flickr. They are reproduced here under a Creative Commons License.