This is just a small series of photo’s taken one foggy afternoon on the outskirts of the village of Leadhills, which is nestled in the Lowther hills in Southern Scotland. The village and it’s neighbour (Wanlockhead) have a long and rich mining history going back hundreds of years and each in it’s own time has been the highest village in the country … currently Wanlockhead holds that particular honour, although they’ve always tended to get a bit above themselves!
The mining is all long since ceased and all that remains to hint at it’s existence is a series of ruined and unmaintained works building dating back to Victorian times, there are also the fenced off mine shafts which descend into cold dank darkness deep beneath the ground.
The dankness seems to reach skywards and the weather often reflects the cold and the damp of the darker places under the ground, rain is to be expected when weather reports on the radio talk of low cloud it’s fog that residents think of.
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OMG those pictures are gorgeous!! I spent four years in England and traveled often to Scotland, gorgeous country. I am so hoping to go back soon!!
Thanks Jenn, that means a lot … I hope you come back soon too!