Shared some stories of the wartime 'lumberjills' in the strath at the weekend. The Women's Timber Corps were women from all over Scotland - mostly big cities like Glasgow - who travelled to the rural Highlands to fell trees during the Second World War.

There were many lumberjill camps across the strath; none are mapped and recorded (though one site is waiting to be uploaded to the historic environment record!)

Their work is not visible in the landscape, and it was only in 2007 that a statue was unveiled to commemorate their efforts, in Aberfeldy in Perthshire. 

It's been an exceedingly busy month! 30 hours of storytelling to 137 people in Glencoe, Aberdeenshire, Glenmore, Aviemore, Glen Feshie and Nethy Bridge (at the brilliant Hill to Grill organised by Cairngorms Connect - thank you to Catriona Parmenter Photography for the wonderful photos!)

I also ran an event as part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival for the very first time - thank you to all of you who joined the walk weaving together tales from the Highlands and Palestine!

Plus ran a story session for Love Outdoor Learning as teacher training, as well as several private and public storywalks.
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It's been wonderful and very intense! Thank you all.