Hello and welcome to Stories of Scotland, a podcast about the wonderful history, heritage and nature of Scotland.

Annie, you miss something. We are now an award-winning podcast.

Of course, Jenny. Welcome to Stories of Scotland, an award-winning podcast. We are so, so pleased and totally in disbelief that we've

been awarded a Literature Matters Award from the Royal Society of Literature. Jenny

thinks that we're now royals and she's actually waving a crime.

I have not taken it off since you cut my hair terribly in the garden.

I think it really makes up for the mismatching lens.

Sorry about that, Jenny.

You're not sorry.

Not.

But we're going to be using this literature matters award to create an amazing new series

with stories of Scotland called radical mountain women yes we are and if you've enjoyed listening

to us radical mountain women then we're hoping you're really going to enjoy the stories of

radical mountain women times past that we're going to be bringing to you,

hopefully soon. And back to this episode, where Jenny and I are going to be continuing our

travels around the coasts of Scotland and looking into the history of one of the most

magnificent castles in the whole country, Eilin Donnan. Yes.

And Eilin Donan is the epitome of all castles.

After 20 years of restoration in 1932, the castle is described in the London Illustrated News as being... The visitor, seeing Eileen Donan for the first time, might be pardoned for doubting

whether the sight of any other cattle or any part of the world would surpass a natural grandeur

the rugged setting of this traditional stronghold of the Earls of Seaforth. It stands on a rocky islet amid the comparably grand

scenery of Roshire. The storming of such a fortress must have presented heartbreaking

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