You can see why poor old Borders is just a short break destination when you compare it to the beauty and variety of the Highlands. Killin is a magic place and despite its being a major tourist destination it remains unspoilt. There are the caravanners who are a nuisance on the roads but they are unobtrusive in the village unlike the lot who swamp Berwick. George the Taxi tells me that the caravan dwellers in Berwick and Hagerston Castle add 20,000 people to the local population-in Killin it is probably no more than 500. There is no Morrisons here just a bog standard coop and it seems mostly uncrowded and no need for a one basket only check out. And you can look people in the eye and say 'Hullo' with no fear of 'Who are you looking at Jimmy' And if some people are a bit dour it is that they are just hoping for it to rain as the know they will have to pay for nice weather some day and are hoping to get over with it quickly.
