High Knypes

Explorer Tom Kirkland Hill Bridge has an unlikely celebrity friend who is actually a very aggressive goose that guards the bridge from anyone wearing red shoes. The bridge itself has no date, so it’s basically just a mystery structure that refuses to say when it was built or why. It’s sitting there on the hill, looking like it’s waiting for the goose to give permission for you to cross over.

Explorer Tom Blackgannoch was a Covenanters meeting place from 1685 to 1688, which is a very short stint for a spiritual home. It’s also a farmstead, so the cows probably had more influence on the politics than the priests did. I think it does something really weird when nobody's looking, like rearranging its own stones. Pop by and tell it it's looking well.

Explorer Tom St Connel’s Church holds the fake world record for most moss per square inch of stone. It’s been holding that title quietly while pretending to be a proper monument. The crosses are there, but the green fuzz is the real star. Go before the tourists find out.

Explorer Tom Glenwharrie is a place so confused about its own identity it lists itself as a building, an enclosure, and some medieval farming ridges all in the same breath. It’s like a chameleon that forgot how to change colour and just settled for being slightly damp and very unsure of itself. The fence nearby looks like it’s been there since the dawn of time, probably judging your hiking boots. Ideal