We shall begin our adventure with a view of the reservoir up towards the dam. There is a lot of dried mud about. This is a feature common with a lot of reservoirs at the moment. You may be tempted to drive across it at some point. Don't do it. It isn't worth it. Even if you are following tyre tracks, for all you know, they could have been left by an ATV which would be a lot lighter than your car. If you should sink into the mud, you will have a very hard time pulling yourself out too.

Turning around, you will see that a lot of the reservoir now looks like a plain. Hard to believe that a couple of years ago most of this was underwater. The reservoir was last full in the beginning of 2022.

And here is the village itself. The golden hues of the sundried vegetation coupled with the bleach-white rocks that dot the landscape provide a lot of camouflage, but look closely in you will see a fair number of buildings in the shot.

I hadn't originally intended writing an article on this visit. I wanted a film and I duly published it a few weeks ago. But when I saw the quality of the pictures that the drone took on its flight, I felt they were worth sharing in their own right.

It has always been assumed that the ruins closest to the rocks are where the Knights hung out. The buildings further up the hill certainly look more modern.