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This user is a mountain in the [[Cairngorms|Monadh-ruadh]] of [[Scotland|Caledonia]]. He claims to be the first [[Munro]] to [[Munro#Notable completions|compleat]] 284 edits and to undertake 511 main space edits in a single winter.

This user is interested in:
* human happenings that can be seen from his granite slopes, and

* the [[Hebrides]] and other [[List of islands of Scotland|Scottish islands]] where he sometimes spends his holidays, disguised as one of his friends e.g. [[Ben More (Mull)|Ben More Mull]].

This user is interested in [[global warming]] having spent much of the [[Pleistocene]] covered in ice.

This user supports [[Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC|Invuhrrsnekie FC]], but does not get to the games very often.

Anyone offering a media opportunity for this user should contact his agent [[Fear liath|Am Fear Liath Mhor]].

When visiting this user please:
*dunna chuck bruck such as orange peel, beer cans or aeroplanes.
*ensure you have suitable equipment as advised by the Scottish Mountaineering Trust [http://www.smc.org.uk/Hillwalking/Hillwalking.html].

The weather in the vicinity of this user can be found here [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/obs/aviemore.html].

This user is currently listening to "[http://www.thomasfraser.com/bluecanrockies.mp3 Blue Canadian Rockies]" by [[Thomas Fraser (singer)|Thomas Fraser]] - and dating [[Stac Pollaidh|Polly]].

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:[[Isle of Arran|Arran]]&nbsp;· [[Barra Head]]&nbsp;· [[Dubh Artach]]&nbsp;· [[Flora of Scotland]]&nbsp;· [[Flannan Isles]]&nbsp;· [[Geology of Scotland]]&nbsp;· [[Gigha]]&nbsp;· [[Jarlshof]]&nbsp;· [[Mingulay]]&nbsp;· [[Papa Stour]]&nbsp;· [[Prehistoric Orkney]]&nbsp;· [[Raasay]]&nbsp;· [[Rùm]]&nbsp;· [[Scotland during the Roman Empire]]&nbsp;· [[Shapinsay]] (now an FA) &nbsp;· [[Skerryvore]]&nbsp;· [[Skye]]&nbsp;· [[Staffa]]<br />

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[[Image:Loch An Eilein.jpg|right|150px]]

"Come away, human child,

To the water and the wild,

With a [[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|faery]] hand-in-hand,

From a world more full of weeping

Than you can understand."

The ruins of [[Loch an Eilein|Loch an Eilein Castle]], Rothiemurchus, in the [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]]. This user is visible from here!

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* In an anonymous on-line world, it's better for your long-term reputation to be polite and wrong, than rude and right.
* "Be careful out among the [[English-speaking world|English]]". Eli Lapp in ''[[Witness (1985 film)|Witness]]''. The [[Gàidhealtachd]] is mostly a quiet and law-abiding place but don't let that fool you.
* There is a cabal, so take good care of your friends.

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|'''My Wikipedia account created '''
| September 17th, 2006
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|'''Workshop'''
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These are a few of my favourite things.
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|[[File:Dun Carloway.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Dun Carloway]]
|Archaeology
|Iron Age penthouse
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|[[File:Skara Brae house 1 5.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Skara Brae]]
|Archaeology
|Meet the Flintstones
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|[[File:Lunnasting stone.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Lunnasting stone]]
|Archaeology
|''et tu nechton?''
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|[[File:Hylocomium splendens 2005.03.31 10.33.44.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Hylocomium splendens]]
|Botany
|The magical "Glittering Wood-moss"
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|[[Image:Illustration Woodsia alpina0.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Woodsia alpina]]
|Botany
|[[Rowan and Martin]] had nothing on Lhwyd & Williams - ''[[pteridomania]]'' indeed.
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|[[File:Cystopteris fragilis kz1.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Cystopteris dickieana]]
|Botany
|Aka "Dickie's Bladder-fern" - but try getting that past the [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol|New pages patrol]].
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|[[Image:Kiwi Crag on Rubha Fiola.JPG|100x100px]]
|[[Lunga, Firth of Lorn]]
|Geography
|Rubha Fiola adventures - but watch out for the [[Highland midge|midges]] and the Grey Dog
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|[[Image:Moragsoorm.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[East Loch Tarbert, Argyll]]
|Geography
|[[Magnus III of Norway|Magnus Barefoot]] vs [[Robert I of Scotland|Robert the Bruce]] roller derby.
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|[[File:Camustianavaig shoreline.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Camastianavaig]]
|Geography
|The Battle of the Braes
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|[[File:Caisteal_abhail.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Sleeping Warrior]]
|Geography
|See [http://www.flickr.com/photos/72226765@N00/2056789179/ Flickr] for a decent view
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|[[File:Yarrowford.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Yarrow Water]]
|Geography/literature
|[[Walter Scott]], [[James Hogg]], [[William Wordsworth]] and [[Tam Lin]], all in one little glen.
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|[[File:Siccar Point red capstone closeup.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Hutton's Unconformity]]
|Geology
|"The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far back into the abyss of time."
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|[[File:St-Kildans.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[John Sands]]
|History
|The "M.P. for [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]"
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|[[Image:Eileach an Naoimh Monk's cell.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Hinba]]
|History
|An island in Scotland of unknown location...
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|[[File:LandofGreenGingershop.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Land of Green Ginger]]
|History
|April Fool DYK - a small land, with even smaller windows.
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|[[File:Fract120705.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Invariant set postulate]]
|Mathematics
|Speculative resolution of the [[Bohr–Einstein debates]].
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|[[File:Deerhound. F's K.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[List of domesticated Scottish breeds]]
|Zoology
|[[North Ronaldsay sheep|Seaweed eating sheep]] ''et al''.
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[[Category:WikiProject Scottish Islands participants|Ben MacDui]]
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