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Comment by John Bamford on May 8, 2015 at 13:06

You are right Jan and that well is interesting to , I guess I should have had a drink of the water with it being a Holy Well but it did look very cold . On the walk round the Loch ,around three miles , it started to hail rather hard for a while . At least I got to see  a couple of the little critturs swimming though !

Comment by Jan Carter on May 8, 2015 at 12:04

Oh the history this settlement could tell!

Comment by John Bamford on May 8, 2015 at 11:42

I saw an abandoned gold mine picture on a friend's Facebook page Charles , I think it was in Northern California . 

The picture was of an old spade stuck in the ground with an empty whisky bottle at the side of it , I felt that I could identify with the poor guy who had had enough.

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on May 8, 2015 at 10:42

John, we have a lot of those in the western part of the US.  We call them ghost towns.  A lot of them sprang up overnight when gold was discovered in our western mountains.  Many of them died just as quickly when the gold ran out.

Comment by tim payne on May 8, 2015 at 4:27

great pictures john.  thanks for sharing.