It is unmissable but oddly neglected. I don't just mean the last-century smog-discolouring, but also the lack of interest from passers-by. I felt rather self-conscious taking my photos. It is possible to go up the monument but not at present. On upper levels stand blackened statues of, no doubt, Dandie Dinmont, Effie Deans, Ivanhoe - but you can't make them out.
Maybe it's the camera angle but the monument looks much bigger, or at least taller, than I imagined it?
ReplyDeleteVery jealous, never actually been to Scotland. Will you be going to Abbotsford? If so I thoroughly look forward to your post on it.
It is indeed huge. Wikipedia tells me 61m, and the city likes to inform us it is the world's largest commemoration of a writer. Many thanks for your comment. I visited Abbotsford today, and will be writing a post very soon.
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