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Here’s the honest answer: there’s no bad time to visit the Scottish Highlands — only different kinds of magic. Whether you’re chasing long golden evenings in midsummer, the blaze of autumn colour around the lochs, lambs skipping through spring glens, or a snow-dusted mountain view with a dram by a crackling fire, the Highlands deliver. […]