St Brides Church, Douglas (better give it its right name!) is one of those sadly underrated little beauties that lurk in the Scottish countryside.

We get big towers attached to some Perthshire and Angus churches that date to Viking times - they're similar to the Irish ones, and were used by the monks to stash themselves and the plate/precious things at times of attack.

This tower is a very different beast - purely ostentatious, and rather lovely. I'm amazed it's still standing...