Inverness
Travel Blogs from Inverness, United Kingdom
First day in Inverness
... We spent the rest of the day just chilling in the t.v. room. We did go on a free walking tour of the city centre of Inverness at 7:30pm. It was free because it was the very first day they were doing this tour. Our guide walked us through town telling us ...
The Scottish Highlands
Today, James and I took off in a little Audi sports car he borrowed from his buddy to do an all day driving loop through the Scottish Highlands and burn a couple tanks of gas on the twisty back roads. And at $8 dollars a ...
The Queens Not Home (Loch Ness to Stirling)
... rain on and off but not enough to get really wet. This was a really beautiful place. After dropping the Korean girls back in Inverness, we drove South-East into the Cairngorms National Park. By this time it was starting to get dark so we picked up some ...
A happy, slightly soggy, highland fling
... me. I wonder why..? Our final stop that weekend was in Aviemore, in the Cairngorm Mountains which are just south of Inverness. This is _the_ place to ski in Scotland however the seasons haven't lived up to expectations recently - yet another ...
Wandering in Inverness and Highland Hiking!
June 3 was a relaxing day of simply walking through Inverness city centre and parks along the river Ness. It was an absolutely beautiful day and the temperature even got up to 26 degrees which is quite rare there. We ended the night with once again ...
Inverness
... us was the size of loch ness. It took about an hour to drive the length of it. The whole way was beautiful of course. We arrived in Inverness and only got lost for a few minutes. We strolled the town and it is a very nice mix of old and new. There are a ...
Inverness - Loch Ness.
For our last full day in Scotland we took a 12 hour bus trip right up to Inverness and back taking in Loch Ness (no we didn't see the monster!) Urquhart Castle, and Ben Nevis the highest mountain in UK. We were slightly disappointed that the heather was ...
Looking for Nessie
... or if it is in fact just a longstanding hoax. We headed down the road for the quickest leg of the trip so far to Inverness. That night they were holding the Inverness Tattoo. As Rick and Megan were not going to the Edinburgh Tattoo (lucky David and ...
Family fun in Scotland
... even served Brad's beloved flat white coffees. Alex - they even did your soya and chai lattes! Finally we headed to Inverness Airport with a generous hour and a half to spare before the flight to Gatwick. Filling up the hire car with petrol ...
Taking a dip in Loch Ness
Last night I went to the Liquid Room with a bunch of people. I really couldn't get into it until I closed my eyes and just danced. It was a good nite for the most part even though I was surrounded by people I didn't know. I got back to the hostel at ...
The highlands!! more castles and some haggis
... the grounds and the gardens, and stop took longer than expected, so we thought we'd better be on our way. The drive to Inverness was scenic and the tom tom faithfully took us straight to Kilravock Castle where we would be spending the night! The scenery ...
Searching for Loch Ness
On a whim we decided to head up to Loch Ness for a day. The north of Scotland is very beautiful and serene. A Loch Ness boat trip was good fun, and at night we downed some haggis...and enjoyed ...
The Hunt for Nessy
After Glagow we headed north to Inverness to sail Loch Ness. This was a pretty small town about 8 min drive away from the lake. We managed to arrive in town a hour before the last tour of the day went out so we hussled to eat and get on the bus. The ...
Briony, Michaelangelo and Nessie
... Nessie sightings though...I got in to Belfast last night, and at the moment am completely knackered after the long trek from Inverness - Edinburgh - Stranraer for the ferry. This morning I went on a tour around the Catholic and Protestant areas of the ...
Hunting for the Loch Ness Monster
... Carrbridge which had been washed away some time ago. Still quite something special to look at. Corgarff Castle On arriving in Inverness we booked a boat trip on the Loch Ness with Jacobite. Had a bit of a quick snack and then headed down ...
Day two in Inverness
... Paul but given the weather I decided to spend a quiet morning with my hosts. At lunch we gave our final presentation to the Inverness Rotary Club of which my host, John Machin is the President. Based upon the feedback it appears that our final ...
3rd day
... see the golf courses and the old cathedral ruins. From there we went to Pitlochry, and the Blair Castle. We also visited a whiskey distillery on our way to Culloden Moor were Bonnie Prince Charley was defeated. Then we gradually made our way to ...
Last day in Inverness
... girls finally had their first taste of sticky toffee pudding. After the tour we stopped at the Caledonian Canal which runs from Inverness up through Loch Ness and then over to the west coast of Scotland. We had the pleasure of seeing one ...
Braving the Highlands
... incredible. We had the sun setting over snow-capped mountains, water, frozen into ice halfway in a waterfall... amazing. In Inverness, i had my first couch surfing experience! It was great! Three cheery Czech republican guys hosted us and they were ...
Nessie hunt :)
Had a nice big breakfast and caught a bus to Inverness. The route was very scenic, especially the Skye bridge and Eilean Donan castle (featured in movies Highlander and The World is Not Enough). We also passed the famous Loch Ness on the way to ...
Day three in Inverness
Paul and I played golf this morning against two of our Scottish hosts (George and David) at the Nairn Golf Club (the posh course). After discussing our handicaps, George and David felt that giving the Americans 10 strokes would make for a fair ...
Madhatters, Inverness, Scotland 17.5.2009
... off. When we got off, I got some more sleep, because it was a short night. Hel-lo my sweet bunk… We arrived to Inverness, and a bit of routine already, parking the bus (outside venue), load-in and soon sound-check. I had some wi-fi, and coffee ...
The Highlands
We woke to a perfect day this morning. The weather was clear and crisp. We visited Culloden Moor, site of the battle in which Bonnie Prince Charlie rallied the Highlanders in an attempt to retake the British Crown for the Stewarts. It was here the ...
Great Scot!! (Part 2 - Highlands & Loch Ness)
Great Scot!! (Part 2 – Inverness, Loch Ness) Well, it's happened. I knew this would come up on the trip at some point. I’ve reached the first place I honestly don’t want to leave: The highlands of Scotland. Those of you who know ...
Everything looks better in frost...
... ) bit of the trip up was the stunning autumn colours abundant in the trees all the way up the Highlands, beautiful... When I got to Inverness there was still a good hour and a bit of daylight left - and the sun even made a brief appearance, so I thought ...
Day 21 Thursday Heathrow to Inverness
... We caught the National Express bus round to Gatwick getting there at 4.15 just timed perfect for checking in for our final flight to Inverness. After check in we went through and went to a new lounge in South Terminal - No.1 Lounge. It used to ...
Trapped by the snow
When we woke, we found it was snowing. It wasn't particularly heavy, but it was large chunks and was fairly constant. The plan had been to go out and see some of the local sights today (May and Alec were intending to chaffeur us around) but obviously we ...
ROAD TRIP
Road trip with my mates up to Inverness!!! Just Tried Haggis! Not Half Bad!!!! Wont be online for a while..Its an hour to internet access and i only have a day off a ...

