Caisteal nan Con (1)
After a night spent in a free camp site at Aberarder beside Loch Laggan and then a drive through clearing rain down through Fort William, I am now just south of Oban in what is turning into a nice day.  

Seven miles south of Oban, a B road turns off to the right, leading to Seil Island, the crossing to which is via the Clachan Bridge (otherwise known as the Bridge over the Atlantic), a beautiful 18th century stone hump-backed bridge designed by Thomas Telford.  Once on Seil, I drove across the island to Cuan, where a small ferry crosses a strongly tidal channel to the island of Luing.  But Luing is not where I want to get to, I want to see the island of Torsa, to which no ferry goes, so it's drone time again!  

Torsa was inhabited until the 1960s, but although it is still farmed, the farm house is only used for holiday lets.  This view looks south towards the Isle of Shuna, lying darkly in the distance above the further clump of pine trees.  The houses of Toberonochy are visible towards the far end of Luing, beyond which in the far distance, is the Isle of Jura.

And in the foreground, perched entirely on a very large rock, are the remains of Caisteal nan Con - Dog Castle.
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