When you consider the Scottish West Coast, your thoughts are probably more inclined to drift towards midges, torrential downpours, and stunning mountain panoramas than towards palm trees.

However, a quaint fishing settlement nestled not far inland from the bridge to Skye boasts this remarkable characteristic alongside considerably more sun-soaked destinations like Miami Beach. Plockton might experience three times fewer average sunshine hours than the Floridian coastal resort across the Atlantic and be graced with considerably fewer visitors , but it does share this common feature.

From the 1960s onwards, a line of New Zealand cabbage palm trees has commanded the central Harbour Street of the settlement as it stretches alongside the shores of Loch Carron. James Nicholson in Beyond th

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