Fairy Bridge

The Fairy Bridge sits on the A828 just outside Appin, a modest stone crossing that's become oddly famous for its supernatural reputation. Local folklore claims fairies use this bridge, and visitors have taken to leaving gifts - coins, shells, scraps of cloth - wedged into the stonework and piled on the parapets. It's equal parts tourist attraction and genuine act of faith.

You'll spend maybe ten minutes here, tops. Walk across, look at the accumulated offerings, take a photo. The surrounding landscape is properly beautiful - Loch Creran stretches out nearby, and the bridge itself is nothing spectacular architecturally, but the quirky tradition gives it character. It's the kind of place where you realise how much Scottish folk tradition still grips people's imaginations.

Families with young children tend to enjoy it more than cynics. There's something appealing about the ritual of leaving an offering, even if you're not convinced in the fairy side of things. Walkers passing through the area on their way between Appin and Oban might pop in without planning to.

It's free, obviously, and right on the main road so no hassle parking. If you're based at Creagan Station Tourers or the Oban Camping and Caravanning Club Site, it's barely out of your way. Bit of a detour, but worth five minutes if you're in Argyll and fancy something with a bit of local weirdness attached.