The notes for the dance give the following background:

> This dance was written for a group of dancers from Aberdeen who were to visit the Island of Rhum.
> Askival is the highest mountain in the Cuillin of Rhum.
> Kinloch Castle is the "big house" on Rhum.
> When I visited Rhum many years ago the number of the phone in the phone box outside the post office was "RHUM 1".