Scotland is one of the most famous places in the UK for the number of interesting and mysterious sights. You don't have to go far to take an unusual photo. In 25 kilometers from Glasgow there is one such place called Finnich Glen. Here, among the fallen trees, knee-deep mud, and blood-red water, you can accidentally forget that just half an hour ago before your eyes was the largest city in Scotland and the third most populous city in Britain.
Everyone who comes here understands why the locals called this place devilish a few centuries ago. The height of the stone walls, overgrown with plants, which surround the Finnich Glen, reaches thirty meters. Beneath your feet is swampy slippery soil, ready, it seems, to swallow all living things. Moreover, the water around, which has an eerie red-crimson hue. All this even today gives the place a mysterious and even a little scary look. Lockable gates and barbed wire have just been added.
You can go down here by the stairs, which, as scientists have found, are almost two hundred years old. At the bottom of the gorge there is a large rock, which is often almost completely hidden under the blood-red water. To get to this stone, you need to have a certain amount of adventurism and shoes suitable for this venture. After all, you will have to wade on slippery stones along the nearest shore of the Finnich Glen gorge. However, some tourists decide to visit this place even with children and dogs.
And also, as those who have already visited the gorge say, Finnich Glen can produce the most fantastic view by the light of the moon. It is in the dark that everything around becomes like specially created scenery for a thriller or horror movie. During the day, the gorge looks more like a place of some mysterious novel - maybe that's why they often come here to arrange thematic photo sessions.
On the way to Finnich Glen, there are no signs leading to this amazing but little-known Scottish landmark. However, it gained more or less wide popularity in the last century: the first description of this place was discovered in 1933.
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To get to it, you should drive from Glasgow along the A809 highway for 30-40 minutes to the junction with another highway - B834. At the intersection of roads, especially in good weather, you can see a spontaneous parking lot - there you should leave your car and continue your journey on foot. Several paths lead to the stairs in the gorge - you can choose any. As a well-deserved reward for the search and not very comfortable descent, a beautiful cave will appear in its original form. And around it - green stone slopes overgrown with moss and other plants and red water underfoot. And also - picturesque cascades of waterfalls.