Scotland’s Flow Country looks from a distance like a vast expanse of dull, wet brown vegetation — not the kind of view that tourists typically find enticing.
But it’s become a real attraction since being declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.
DW’s Richard Baynes has been delving into the strange and wonderful world of Europe’s biggest peat bogs.
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