2013

NM3540 : View Towards Gometra House

taken 11 years ago, near to Lòn Mòr [water Feature], Argyll And Bute, Great Britain

View Towards Gometra House
View Towards Gometra House
Gometra House had fallen into disrepair and parts were near collapse by the 1980s, but was reoccupied and restored as a family home in the 1990s. Principal exports include blackface breeding stock, lamb, mutton, wool, venison, oysters, vegetables, art and jewellery. There are currently four households on the island, and the islanders are dedicated to a low-impact lifestyle, living off-grid, doing without electricity in their homes, washing machines or cars on the island.
Weather and tides permitting, it takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to travel by track from the houses on the west of Gometra to the ferry landing stage on Ulva for the crossing to Mull, using a 4x4 vehicle. The same trip can be done in 50 minutes on a quad bike. By boat from Acarseid Mhòr the journey only takes 20 minutes.

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Geographical Context: Paths Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Housing, Dwellings Islands other tags: Gometra Gometra House Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Islandhop Automatic Clusters: · Gometra House [5] · Land [3] · Near Gometra House [2] · West [2] ·
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Photographer
Rude Health   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 7 May, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 13 May, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 3547 4078 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:29.0745N 6:17.9039W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 3539 4075
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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