Loch Stornoway

I reckon it must be a bit of a struggle landing the dinghy on this wide open sandy bay so I haven't tried it yet, but there are a few things to see. There is a fairly standard Church of Scotland Parish Church, and a fairly standard burial ground on the east bank of the burn which provides a rather delightful musical backdrop for the stones. The church was built in 1821, is nicely painted outside but is rather forlorn inside - for example there is an abandoned 1902 Gaelic Bible on a windowsill in the gallery. One does wonder how long these charming buildings will be used for as the local permanent rather than holiday home population drifts away, and becomes more secular, and indeed how long it will be before they fall down or be converted into private homes (as many have been already). The divisions in the church about such matters as gay ministers can't be helping. The upper windows in the south front are 'blind' which adds architectural elegance but not interior light. There are three standing stones in a field just before the road - mysterious, lined up north-south. I imagine they at least will outlast the church, they have certainly been standing there uncared for and unloved for very much longer.