Tag: downy birch


  • The Birch

    Immortalised by our nation’s bard, the birch trees that cloak the steep glen on either side of the Moness Burn, to the south of Aberfeldy, were the source of inspiration for one of Robert Burns’ most well-known compositions, The Birks o’ Aberfeldie. ‘Now simmer blinks on flow’ry braes, And o’er the crystal streamlets plays, Come…