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Article: Making the most of the bonnie banks ... Princess Anne is soon to open Scotland's first National Park at Loch Lomond. Juliet Clough took a grand tour of the beautiful Trossachs to see what's on offer throughout the summer.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2002
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Byline: JULIET CLOUGH
THE establishment of a national parks system has come high on the agenda of the Scottish parliament.
Why? Unlike many international parks, this one is hardly a wilderness.
More than 80 per cent of Scotland's population lives within two hours of Loch Lomond. An estimated 7million cars drive along the west shore road every year.
Visitors have been coming here in droves for more than two centuries, inspired by such as Sir Walter Scott and Queen Victoria. As for that song, Loch Lomond gets the nostalgically inclined reaching for their hankies the world over.
And this is a world- class landscape. The ...