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Glencoe Village Slideshow
Glencoe Village
Travel Blogs from Glencoe Village, United Kingdom
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Glen Adventures
... a really pleasant time, walking through the woods, up and down the hills, looking at mountains around us. We even walked to a tiny Glencoe Village (just 1 street, 20-30 houses, a gas station and a hotel) and we had a lunch at the hotel restaurant, some ...
Campfire by the loch.
... glacier was incredible, with snow still loitering on the peaks in this very comfortable 18-20ºC day. We explored a small town called Glencoe, which we later found out was the site of a terrible massacre against the Scots from the English. In a story of ...
Glencoe
Leaving here we carried on up to the infamous Glencoe – along the way we past through Doune which course for you Monty Python freaks you should know of the cow tossing over the grand castle... well that in fact was the Doune castle in the ...
Day 175 - 22 August - Under the Skye
Left our digs travelled towards Fort William – thought we would have an early finish to the day so we could catch up on the blog – well the best laid plans etc. Headed off, excited because we were near to one of the prettiest places for a ...
Onich, Glencoe & Glasgow
... black pudding (which Jeff tried and Sherry chickened out) - drove off to see a cross marking the cross of the Glencoe massacre (poor McDonalds - they allowed some guests into their home to stay the night and then got massacred the next morning! ...
6 Days Left!
... in Greich, Switzerland. I left the Old Croft House in Aird of Sleat, Isle of Skye and drove down to Glencoe Village, stopping at every pullout and interesting viewpoint I could find. Took over 380 pictures today. Figure the next few ...
Discovering the Lost Valley
After passing through the magnificent Glen Coe on our day tour a fortnight earlier, Steve and I knew we had to visit the area and do a little hiking before I left. We only had a ridiculously short 10 minute stop to take some photos on the tour, but by ...
Another change of scenery...
... that we had enough of Ben Nevis and Glen Nevis hostel and wanted another change.. A few friends we had met were heading to a small town of Glencoe and we figured why not.. its closer for the drive home tomorrow and close to our next outting... ...
Life in the Fridge/edge..
Decided to visit the worlds largest indoor ice climbing school and took a nice 2 hour lesson inside a giant freezer.. Pictures to follow.. legs and arms to be sore for a ...
Road Trippin' in the Scottish Highlands
We had breakfast and mapped out our drive on google maps since we are sans GPS. The ultimate destination for today was Ballachulish near Glen Coe. We made several stops on the way. We stopped at the Doune Castle which had a really nice river walk next to ...
Back to Scotland, Onward to the Highlands
... I arrived in Edinburgh. She had plans for us to venture up to the Highlands of Scotland. Our first night was in Glencoe. The drive was a crazy, dangerous, wet and windy one. As we were crusing along, all the sudden around a bend ...
on the way back to edinburgh
... a fair bit of braveheart was filmed. We also saw part of Ben Neavis which was pretty cool. We heard about the massacre at Glencoe which was very sad and it was interesting that Cambells in general are still not welcome in the area as what they did to the ...
'Wee Walk'
We arrived in Glencoe and went for a walk up a 'hill' which felt like a mountain! It was crazzzyyy raining and windy but worth the walk! We got a great view of.. err.. rainy windy ...
Goodbye Loch Lomond---Hello Glencoe
Hello From Glencoe! We said goodbye to Loch Lomond the day before the day before yesterday and entered the narrow Glen Falloch river valley where the river tumbled down pretty basalt ledges and black ferel goats, woolie sheep, and red deer scampered about ...
Day 3 Drumnadrochit to Glencoe Village
... the rapids and the sight of Ben Nevis ( This is a definite mountain Ray x ) We made very good progress with our mileage and entered Glencoe around 17.30 to find our B&B for the night. What a difference a day makes no cakes on arrival no tea only ...
It's a Little Chilly in the Heelands!
I am amazed how the landscape in the Highlands is so similar to New Zealand. Great mountains rise up from the ground and lurk behind the clouds and as we drive along the weather is constantly changing. From drizzle to sleet, to snow and then sunshine ...
Glencoe
After a good drive, we wound up at glencoe, the site where the McDonald clan was slaughtered in their sleep by the Campbells. This area of scotland, known as Rannoch Moor, is the largest expanse of uninhabitated land in all of europe, and it is ...
a life less ordinary
life in the land of whisky and haggis is now coming to an end, well for now. i will be back again. the bright lights and dusty plains of africa are calling...and who am i to ignore them. These have been happy days , fonzie beside me on his wheels ...
Fortingall
Raccolta la tenda ancora bagnata dall'umidità notturna e skiaffata in macchina, ci siamo messi in strada di buon ora per attraversare la Glen Coe. Durante la sosta a Killin, abbiamo letto che non molto distante, a Fortingall, c'era l'albero più ...
Ben Nevis and surrounding Glens
Hi! I am writing again tonight because I have WIFI now and I am changig accomodation tomorrow and I am not sure when I can get online again. I don't have a lot of time to write right now. We have had very busy days and not too much room time, which is ...
I love the Highlands!
... there. But I walked in the valley a little on my own. I was speechless. I took an absolute TON of pictures of this valley in Glencoe. It was a tricky hike to get there too in spots. It was rocky and sketchy in a few places. The guide had to tell us where ...
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