The ‘greatest reunion in rock history’ took place yesterday in London when the surviving members of Led Zeppelin reformed for one night.

When tickets went on sale, the 18,000 seats sold out within seconds. Formed in 1968, Zep sold more than 300 million albums during a career enhanced by a reputation for offstage excess - exceeding even their storming onstage performances.

What does this have to do with Loch Ness?

Boleskine House, on the southern shores of Loch Ness, was bought in 1971 by Zeppelin guitarist, producer and band leader Jimmy Page because he revered its former owner, the Satanist Aleister Crowley (some argue he was the real monster of Loch Ness!).

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Page became obsessed with black magic and would ‘wander through Boleskine wearing Crowley’s cloak claiming that the house was haunted by a decapitated head’. There is a graveyard situated across from the property, which may have had a reputation for strangeness before Crowley’s and Page’s occupation. One legend suggests that a tunnel exists linking Boleskine to the graveyard, and the graveyard is said to be the haunt of witches.

Sections of Page’s fantasy sequence in the Led Zeppelin concert film, The Song Remains the Same were filmed at night on the mountain side directly behind Boleskine House.

The house is now privately owned – but many fans still make a pilgrimage to the area…

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