Show me the ODE WAY

IT seemed like the natural thing to do – retreat inside the tree.

For most of the morning the weather had been pulling that peculiarly Scottish midsummer trick of interweaving both rain and shine simultaneously, so the hills looked as if they were gleaming under a luminous felt.

But just as I reached the Macbeth tree, the rain got the upper hand.

Dramatic

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MYTHICAL: Birnam Wood STAG PARTY: Hotel statue TRIBUTE: Atholl Memorial Fountain WELCOME: Dunkeld House Hotel