Last week we left author Alan Temperley shortly after his move to Galloway from the far north of Scotland to teach English at Kirkcudbright Academy.
Sunderland-born Alan had previously spent nine years heading the English department at Farr Secondary School, whose Sutherland catchment included Strathnaver – the county’s widest and most fertile glen.
In the early 19th century, readers may know, it notoriously became an economic target for the Duke of Sutherland and his infamous factor Patrick Sellar, who decided to replace people with sheep.
