One Sunny Summer Sunday in Scotland

[Rob Frankham]

Just thought I'd post a few images I took during a ride out yesterday. The road is the A924 and the location is Moulin Common near to Pitlochry in Perthshire at an elevation of just over 300 metres above see level.The time was about 18:00...

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[Rob Frankham]

And three more:

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[Rob Frankham]

And one more taken earlier in Glen Isla... a phone camera shot this time...

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[outerbanker]

Great pics. I noticed in the one that the bikes were riding on the wrong side of the road

[Airbear]

Thanks Rob. A nice tour on lovely winding narrow roads - my favourite kind of riding. I was quite taken by the wee broken stone cottage:



I hope it lives again one day.

[Rob Frankham]

Great pics. I noticed in the one that the bikes were riding on the wrong side of the road

No, they are riding on the left side of the road which is the right side... a minority of countries in the world insisting on riding on the right side which is the wrong side.

Rob

[outerbanker]

LOL I wasn't really sure. Most of the time I don't know if I'm coming or going

[Rob Frankham]

Thanks Rob. A nice tour on lovely winding narrow roads - my favourite kind of riding. I was quite taken by the wee broken stone cottage:



I hope it lives again one day.

It may, there is a growing movement to take over old croft buildings and renovate them... but sadly, most end up as second or holiday homes.

In this case, it would take a hardy soul to live there year round. The cottage, it's called 'Badyo' by the way, stands just above 1200 feet above sea level. No gas, no electricity and water from the hillside... oh and what sanitation you choose to provide. If it snows, that road is almost certain to be blocked and it isn't among the first roads in the area to be cleared. The views are stupendous though and you wouldn't have to bother about annoying the neighbours O:) . It's also interesting to note that it's in the catchment area of the Edradour Burn which supplies water to the distillery of the same name. :drunken:

Rob

[Airbear]

So, a renovator's dream then. Thanks for the background.

I got to work on the restoration of a very similar building built near Beechworth, Victoria by (you guessed it) a Scotsman in the 1880s:




When I say "worked on" I don't mean actual outdoor work involving heavy lifting. I left that to the very energetic owner/builder while I did the serious work of producing the drawings required to appease the shire's heritage bureaucrats. It came up a treat and is lived in full time. Here's that fallen wall reinstated:

[Rob Frankham]

Ah, Ned Kelly Country...

Yes that definitely looks like it was built in the Scottish style although it's a bit large for a traditional 'But and Ben'. It has many similarities to the house I live in which I can take back to 1864 for definite and tentatively to 1750.

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