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Since it's Sunday, here's a wee church for you. This is Clachan Duich Burial Ground and if you're a Macrae then it's an important spot for you as the traditional burial spot of the Macraes of Kintail. For everybody else, you might not have any ancestors buried here, but look at that view! You'll find Clachan Duich alongside the main road, not far from Eilean Donan Castle and Lt Col John Macrae-Gilstrap who restored that Scottish icon is buried here. Lots of people speeding along to Eilean Donan

These big, beautiful lumps are the Paps of Jura, on (unsurprisingly) the Isle of Jura in the Inner Hebrides. Jura's conical hills are closely associated with the Cailleach, Scotland's Winter Goddess and right now much of the country is stuck in her icy grip. The Cailleach is an ancient, giant, blue hag with one big eye and dark, red teeth. She rides out each year from her home atop Ben Nevis with eight companions to spread winter around Scotland with a frosty hammer. Jura is said to be one of th