Our visit was inspired by our acquisition from the District Surveyor's office of a detailed Ordnance Survey style map (scale 1:50,000) of one corner of the Knuckles.  There are not many footpaths marked so we drove to the nearest one in the north of the Knuckles at a place called Pallegama.  The road we were following became too bad for the van so we walked to the beginning of the footpath and then started an ascent.  Here we see James examining the map while Jenny enjoys the view.  We didn't get far because of lack of time and a desire to get back to the main road before dark.  It was really quite a remote spot but the locals were very friendly and helpful.  They said the road was bad because they didn't have a M.P.   We left the map behind with them.  We were a considerable novelty.

Higher up, as we drove home, we could have been on a wild mountainside anywhere.  The relatively foul weather was most refreshing for us and we didn't resent it at all. A rainbow was visible to the eye but not to the camera.