Great news! Scientist Mary Somerville too.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36111759
Robert Macfarlane, writer and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, welcomed the choice of Ms Shepherd for the £5 note.
He said: “It is thrilling to see Nan Shepherd celebrated and commemorated in this way.
“Nan was a blazingly brilliant writer, a true original whose novels, poems and non-fiction broke new ground in Scottish literature, and her influence lives on powerfully today.”
Who would have believed that , even 20 years ago ?
Good to see a North East quine get deserved recognition!