A very different journey from that undertaken by Bertie and his father was the one that started in Drummond Place that morning. This was the expedition to Ballachulish embarked upon by Richard Neville-Towle, the conductor and conservationist, his wife, Caroline Hahn, the veterinary neurologist and motorcyclist, and Sister Maria-Fiore dei Fiori di Montagna, the Italian nun and socialite. There were many cities in Scotland and elsewhere where such a combination of persons and talents might be unex...