The Isle of Rum

I have always been fascinated by the isle of Rum, south of Skye. It was cleared of indigenous people in the 1820s, upon which it became a private shooting estate. In the 1890s, it was acquired by Sir George Bullough of Accrington, Lancashire, who proceeded to build a folly, Kinloch Castle. When his time on this earth was finished, his remains were interred in a mausoleum at Harris - no, not in the Outer Hebrides, but a location in the southwest of Rum. Incidentally, the original design was not to Sir George's liking - because guests apparently likened it to a lavatory (see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2994255), so he had it dynamited. By road, for want of a better description, it is 8 miles. It took me 3 hours to walk from the castle; it takes a vehicle 1½ hours. I refer to the photographs. Sir George's wife, Lady Monica, passed away in 1957, and her remains were taken down that same hard road and interred beside her husband. I include pics taken along that trip. The late John Love wrote a book about Rum's history and called it "A Landscape without Figures". You can see why.