The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- Sarah Marshal
Why are we here? A forfeit from a stick-the-pin-on-the-map game, I hear you ask?
Inverie (above) is Britain’s most remote mainland community – population 111, no roads in or out, accessible either by a 40km (24-mile) hike over wild mountainous terrain or a six-mile journey by ferry from Mallaig.
This stunning picture was posted to the Knoydart Brewery Instagram page. It shows Loch Bhraomisaig in the foreground, which feeds the turbine for the Knoydart power supply, with Inverie on the shoreline beyond. Some of its white houses are just visible. In the far distance – the Isle of Skye
Inverie, above, has a hydro-electric system, Wi-Fi, a school with a handful of children, a community-owned pub called The Old Forge – the most remote mainland pub in Britain – and a bunkhouse with accommodation for 26 people and an electric mountain bike hire scheme
Above is Inverie’s ‘main drag’. When this picture was taken it was, for Inverie, a hive of activity
