Loch Restil from Rest and be Thankful is a photograph by Neil Alexander Photography which was uploaded on June 23rd, 2015.
Loch Restil from Rest and be Thankful
Running between Lochs Lomond, Long & Fyne, the highest point on the A83 is 800ft above sea level. From the viewpoint of this famous beauty spot you... more
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Loch Restil from Rest and be Thankful
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Neil Alexander Photography
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Running between Lochs Lomond, Long & Fyne, the highest point on the A83 is 800ft above sea level. From the viewpoint of this famous beauty spot you can see the old valley road (at right angles to this photograph’s viewpoint), engineered by General Wade during the subjection of Scotland following the Jacobite rebellion. A stone was erected to commemorate the completion of this military road in 1750 by the soldiers with the inscription “Rest and be thankful”.
After a trip up North in 1803, with his sister, William Wordsworth later wrote in a sonnet titled “Rest And Be Thankful” (At the head of Glen Croe):
"Doubling and doubling with laborious walk
Who, that has gained at length
The wished for Height
This brief simple wayside. Call on slight,
And rest not thankful?"
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June 23rd, 2015
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