A short visit to Luss, a conservation village on the banks of Loch Lomond, on a miserable wet day in May, 2024. The village is a popular destination for tourists from all over the world, due to its beauty, its quaintness and of course, its association with the ITV drama series, ‘Take the High Road.’ On the day we visited it was swarming with people, strolling through the streets, taking the boat tour of the loch, and visiting the various tourist outlets and eating in the cafes.

Of course the village is also home to its residents, and there is a local church, which we visited, and on this occasion it was open to view the interior.

Christianity was brought to the area by an Irish monk, St. Kessog, in  the early 6th century. The present Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) building was erected in 1875 by Sir James Colquhoun, 5th Baronet, in memory of his father, who had drowned in the loch in December 1873. 

Luss sits amid rolling hills,  with Ben Lomond (the most southernly Munro) to the north, and the Luss Hills to the west. It was this location that gave the village its original name  Clachan dhu, or ‘dark village’.  The word ‘LUSS’ means ‘herb.’

I wasn’t feeling too well when we visited, which meant I didn’t really feel like photography! (Or anything else!) But I did have the Fujifilm X-T5 with me, fitted with a 35mm, f/1.8 7Artisans manual focus lens. Apart from this shot of the Luss Hills, I shot the images using Acros Black and White film simulation.

If you’re in the area, give Luss a visit. But be patient with the international tourists, – they will get in your way!