Spean Bridge

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I managed to get to Spean Bridge on Thursday morning en route to Fort William from Skye. A wonderful memorial with a newish garden of remembrance which was full of flowers on a very wet and grey day.

My coach driver ex Coldstream Guards narrated the reason for its siting here, as previously stated the original commandos trained here to work behind enemy lines in 1942 and the Royals chose this spot in remembrance of all of their fallen comrades. A very poignant setting as the sombre weather matched the sombre occasion.

At Kylescu Bridge I also visited the memorial to those very special midget submarine heroes who again made the supreme sacrifice, plus a visit to Kirkwall St Magnus Cathedral to view the bell of the Royal Oak so tragically lost to a German Submarine with over 800 lives. A small museum overlooks Scapa Flow if anyone gets the chance to visit the area, plus an added bonus is the wonderful Italian chapel built by POW's on the Southern Islands of the Orkneys made out of a Nissen Hut.

The Scots certainly know how to look after their fallen of all wars and all credit to those who maintain these sites, a job well done.