Road to the isles, 6th July, an abandoned village
Waking up in the morning on our campsite in Kilchoan, I walked down to the shore to see cloud covering the tip of the coast. The plan for the morning was to visit the deserted village at Glendrian which lies about a mile across a footpath from the road. Just the right distance for Hettie the dog to manage. We took the road to Sanna and stopped in a lay-by by a small quarry, then took the path. The area is ringed by a row of hills, the site of an ancient caldera. The map reference os NM480687 The path crosses a shallow river by a set of stepping stones and we saw an adder which moved too fast for me to photograph, and a large beetle. The settlement was only abandoned in the 1940's so the desertion was not on account of the clearances. It is a scheduled monument and contains 19 houses as well as a number of farm buildings. In it's isolated position snuggled up under the hill it was certainly photogenic and I will put some infrared pictures of Glend...