JOHN MUIR'S SCOTLAND

John Muir, the man who campaigned in the mid 19th century in California to get the National Park movement started, was born in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

This photo shows his birthplace where there is a most excellent museum and exhibition centre.

He was interested in what is now known as 'conservation' in the countryside. To that end, the John Muir Trust has been established. Details and history are here.

JMT owns and manages 59,000 acres of wild land in eight key areas in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Ben Nevis, Knoydart, Sandwood, Schihallion and other places).

"Do something for wildness and make the mountains glad"
(John Muir, 1892)

These are John's lovely photographs of various locations in - mostly remote - parts of Scotland.