Re: Scottish CP
Richard Marsden (marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk)
Wed, 19 Jun 96 16:44:08 BST
> You can expect to find all three native Drosera (D. anglica, D. intermdedia
> and D. rotundifolia) in Scotland. You should also find plenty of P.
> vulgaris and I have heard that large sites of P. lusitanica exist in the
> Western Highlands. On the Isle of Skye there is supposed to be a colony of
> P. alpina.
>
> If you want to see good colonies of P. vulgaris, quite possibly still in
> flower at this time of the year, you could do worse than take the ski lift
> up Ben Nevis and have a walk around there. Also good is Glen Nevis where
> you can see Pinguiculas growing on sheer rock faces with wter running over
> them.
<FX: Scurries off to find CP texts, but realises they're not at work>
Quite a list there. I'll read up on them, so that I can recognise them.
You say "take the ski lift up Ben Nevis" *some* of our lot (including myself)
are game to walk all the way. Last time I was in Fort William it was the
time of the Fell Race - the locals doing it in a few hours. I think I'll
*walk* it! :-)
Cheers,
Richard