Loch Ness

The next day we rose early and hit the road! We had a quick jaunt up Glen Lyon a scenic glen just out of Aberfeldy. We then took the 'Google maps' route to Speyside and our distillery tour, driving through the heart of the highlands.....literally! A pretty cool drive, windows down as the temps were now tipping late 20's! We arrived at Cardhu …

... green rolling hills and striking mountains are immensely impressive. Our first full day in Scotland we went and took a look at Loch Ness unfortunately there was no sign of Nessie L we also wandered around and bought some souvenirs before heading through ...

... started calling him, here kitty kitty which is when he decided to split. The next day while visiting the very fun and very hokey Loch Ness Monster Museum what do I see but a Scottish Wildcat postcard published by WWF, and he looked just like the cat I ...

... seem to be getting longer already... Nessie Spotting I may not have been quick enough to snap her in her traditional home, Loch Ness, but the lucky people of Switzerland seem to have a relative in one of their alpine lakes and some quick-fingered ...

A visit to Loch Ness prompted much craziness. "Nesssssiee" was often said, in a Mr Freer (or heavy and bad Scottish) accent. Poses of us as Nessie, and fake pictures of Nessie (they were birds), discussions of HOW to get the best fake Nessie picture, ...

... abated by this stage and the sun had begun shining again. Traveling onwards we arrived in the early afternoon in Lewiston on the banks of Loch Ness. No sign of the famed Loch Ness Monster but we did have a big black bug crawl out from under a table in ...

... the brunt of every joke once word got around to Ped that, how to put this lightly?, she had an encounter with a one-eyed Loch Ness Monster the night before. The drive started in a heavy, gloomy fog that seemed foreboding for the day. But we climbed into ...

... phenomenon. We did our best not to get roped too much but it was interesting pottering around all the little shops there. As Loch Ness turned into the river Ness, we finally came to Inverness. In such amazingly fine weather we got to do our groceries ...

Day 2 - Loch Ness - Luss - Had a coffee - Fort William, lunch - Poor Visibility - Castle Urquela - Loch Ness - Camped n Louisville This morning we were up before the tourist information opened. We had to take the tent down quickly and we had ...

I finally got some time to sit down, we have been traveling quite a bit and are hardly ever at our hostel. I will give a recap on what I have managed to do and see in the last couple days. So, I started my tour in Edinburgh and got on a small 29 seater ...

Well I didn't intend to drive so far today. It's hard to believe we started this morning on the north coast and now we're on the Road to the Isles. It's a bit mad actually because we've raced past quite a few things that deserved a proper look and that ...