Loch Lubnaig. Inset: Tim Porteus
A shortened version of our columnist Tim Porteus’s new book, Road of Legends, is exclusively serialised each week in the Courier. Here is the next mini-chapter. IZZY waited until Finn had finished his fish supper, then told the old story of a young Maclaren lad who had bought a salmon at the market at nearby Kilmahog. He was making his way home with it towards the Pass of Leny when a group of Buchanans began to taunt and bully him. “Why did they do that?” asked Finn. “The young lad was a simple boy and an easy target. But there was also bad feeling between the Maclarens and Buchanans,” explained Izzy.