Thursday, December 28, 2017

The power of place

This is the first time here with a phone that can do more than just emergency calls, and with basically unlimited power. I can report that there is very little internet beyond the last farmhouse on the Straloch side, and absolutely nothing beyond Daidhu. The undisclosed place remains undisclosed. I climb up to Sron nan Dias to see how far I have to go until my phone finds anything, and at around 600 meters it detects life. Ben Vuirich straight ahead, the ruin straight below. It is one of the more astonishing places to have at tiny shred of internet.


Here I realised for the first time how fantastic this place is for a house. Not only are you the only one with internet in the glen. You also have winter sunshine in the morning (left of Vuirich) and in the evening (right of Vuirich). When the Sun is above Vuirich, you know it's time to go and get lunch. For most of the year you have a stream running down the slope next to the house. You have a shortcut to the main valley. You are sheltered from the ferocious northern winds. And you have a view. What a stroke of genius. For comparison, here is the view out of the shadows towards Sron nan Dias, from the shielings down by the watershed. The inhabitants are raging with envy.



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