Why was there no human skeleton sitting there?!

Last Thursday, I discovered an old but modern looking folding camp chair, set up for someone to sit in.  It was not only miles from anywhere but sitting on a huge granite block on an island in the middle of a reservoir - Loch Loine.  All that was missing was the human skeleton sitting in it!  The water level was so low that I was able to walk out to the island and, on such a good road, that it even had a smooth tarmac surface in places and a dry stone, hump back bridge that was still safe to walk over.  That quality continued just below the surface towards the mainland on the other side of the island as I waded through for 15-20 metres before I turned back.

The road to the unoccupied camp chair was six or seven miles from the western end of Loch Cluanie.  The single track road, was flooded in 1957 for the new reservoir of Loch Loine.  130 years before that, Thomas Telford beautifully engineered the new 'Road to the Isles' with over fifty bridges and culverts all built from the local stone.  There were stone parapets, huge expanses of stone wall holding up the road of gentle gradient and easy bends and, today it looked passable, still by careful drivers in modern motors in second and third gear.  No 4x4 was needed.  But, much more sensible to cycle it, as I did!