Croy Brae - The Electric Brae
Where gravity seems to be reversed but isn't. Probably
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This is Croy Brae on the A719 coast road south of Dunure and north of Culzean Castle.
The location is well signposted with brown tourist signs and there's a helpful stone carved with the information you need.
On this hill (brae) gravity seems to be reversed. From the diagram below you can see that while the photo shows the road sloping from the left down to the right in actual fact it's the other way round.
A car with the brakes off will seem to roll uphill and if you drop a ball in the lay-by or on the road (keeping an eye out for cars etc) it will roll UP the hill. Pouring water on the road does the same - it flows UPHILL.
The trick is not to panic. It's not anti-gravity or a weird joke played by the flat earth society - it's just an optical illusion. But it's a VERY good one and well worth a visit. Feel free to tease children and less sensible folk with scary tales of curses, aliens or even the distortion of time and space.
They'll all be believed when they see a ball rolling UPHILL.
The location is well signposted with brown tourist signs and there's a helpful stone carved with the information you need.
On this hill (brae) gravity seems to be reversed. From the diagram below you can see that while the photo shows the road sloping from the left down to the right in actual fact it's the other way round.
A car with the brakes off will seem to roll uphill and if you drop a ball in the lay-by or on the road (keeping an eye out for cars etc) it will roll UP the hill. Pouring water on the road does the same - it flows UPHILL.
The trick is not to panic. It's not anti-gravity or a weird joke played by the flat earth society - it's just an optical illusion. But it's a VERY good one and well worth a visit. Feel free to tease children and less sensible folk with scary tales of curses, aliens or even the distortion of time and space.
They'll all be believed when they see a ball rolling UPHILL.
