As we neared the end of our weeklong visit to Skye and the north coast of Scotland we spent a couple of nights at the old lodge at Altnaharra. My understanding is that decades ago this was a place where people from cities came to stay and to fish. It is a sprawling building, with large common rooms downstairs, a dining room, a small bar, and many guest rooms. At one time it was reportedly a luxurious place, at least by the rural standards of its isolated location. (To be honest, today it is a shadow of that historic lodge, but it still carries a resonance of that earlier time.)
To get there we had to divert from the “main” roads of northwest Scotland. (The term “main road” has a different meaning here. In all likelihood it is a single track road.) We headed south through beautiful and lonely highland country, and along the way we stopped to admire Loch Stack. However, the ight was not great, so we continued to the lodge. But two days later we returned via the same route in broken sunshine, so we stopped again to photograph subjects including this old stone building along the shoreline.
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