Something obviously attracted us off the main road and into Tobha Mor. We were not disappointed. By the way, the local pronunciation is Tove More
A thatched home, with the thatch weighted down with hefty beach stones was probably the starting point as we moved onto the machair.
There were also old ruins to be found – a nationally important ancient monument.
The signs were in two languages – English and Gaelic
The view from the Machair at Tobha Mor to the misty mountains on the east side of South Uist.
We found another stone weighted thatched cottage.
Others had gone beyond the point of no return.
This was the large chapel ruin. The man up there in the bright red trousers was strimming the grass.
In the background you can see the hilltop big balls near the statue of Our Lady of the Isles.
Orchids grew near the chapel, but it did look as though life was a bit of a struggle for them.
The Machair was rich with flowers of all sorts and in all sorts of places.
By now we had walked around the whitewashed thatched cottage. I do not think such homes had extensions in their original form.
Lichen of various kinds grew thickly on the stones.
There’s quite a yellow hue to that bit of wall. Yes, we had reached the chapel ruins.
