Drumbuie Farm Drumnadrochit

... the drive back was full on winter - everything looked so stunning in the frost, it was really kinda special, I wish I got it on film better. I drove back down the main road for the first bit, so again, found it hard to stop in the best places.<br><br> <br><br>I ...

... each year. The person who runs up it, back down and to the bar in the pub is the winner. Apparently it has been done in 45 minutes before! It harks back to the war, when a Scottish soldier was fighing with a man of Nepalese descent. The Scot told the Nepalese man if they got out of the war, they would go to Scotland and live in peace. So the war ended and they went back to the highlands. One day they were sitting at the pub, 5 drinks into a session when the Scot said 'so what do you ...

... It's about 24 miles end to end and about 1/5 miles from side to side. Despite our best Aussie haka, Nessie didn't come out to visit. <br> Further along the Loch to where we are staying tonight AND tomorrow night - two nights in one place, how amazing! We're in a 4 bed room with our own ensuite - our room for those playing along at home? Braveheart of course! We're heading off soon to a Highland History performance, then back to the hostel for some ...

... now. Apparently in teh 90s they did a sonar search of the lake and apparently there are 18 creatures in the Loch but living way, way, way down in the Loch. Ross did seem quite straight faced when he siad this but I'm not too sure!!<br><br>According to legend St Columbo banished the creature to the Loch because he hassled his comrades during his time he spent in Scotland converting the locals. The first ...

John<br><br>My only recollection of Inverness prior to this visit was a ditty that Garth Glover, an old Ayr basketballer, used to sing . <br><br>Four and twenty virgins went up to Inverness <br>And when the day was over there were four and tewnty less.<br><br>The drive to Inverness was also spectacular and included the famous Loch Ness. We did the obligatory Loch Ness cruise but no sign of Nessy.<br><br>The highlight for me of Inverness ...

... empty pint, already exhausted and covered in the sticky sweat and grime of London underground, and I hadn&#8217;t even left London. <br><br>Sure,Euston Station&#8217;s not Heathrow or JFK, or even Gatwick for that matter, but I like that. The pretentiousness is gone, and lets face it, flying is hardly an enjoyable experience in this day and age, unless you like queuing, being frisked by a humourless strategically shaven gorilla, and paying extortionate amounts for mediocre food ...

... spotted one running around the hall like it owned the place. Later, at dinner, there were 3 or 4 different dogs sitting with their people, generally very well behaved. We went to the Loch Ness Exhibition Centre and to Urquhart Castle. The evidence seems pretty unfavorable for an actual monster, but you can see how people might imagine stuff in that lake. <br>

... sun was setting we drove around a corner and there standing majestically in a clearing was a Scottish tower castle built in 1460, our home for the next couple of nights. The bloke that was running the castle thought that we weren't arriving that night that we had just got lost somewhere so it took us about 30min before we could get inside. But one we were in we dumped our gear and headed for the games room for a couple rounds of pool before hitting the bed some 2 ...