Inverness Student Hotel

That morning we headed off to the battlefield of Killiecrankie. The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought between highland Scottish clans and government troops which consisted mostly of lowland Scots. The Jacobites were victorious but their leader was shot and their forces were scattered at the Battle of Dunkeld the next month. Next we stopped for a look at Ruthuen Barracks. The ruins of this military fort sit on a natural embankment which I'm told was formed by a glacier which cut the ground in...

I got a bus from Edinburgh to Inverness on Saturday which was about 4 or so hours. Met a Scot on the bus who was really nice, not that I could understand much of what he was saying. He gave me some of his sandwiches his wife had made and offered for me to join him camping with a friend near a loch. Unfortunately there was not enough space in the car. Although I don't think I could keep up with them drinking a full bottle of Scotch 'neat' like it's water:) Got to my first Hostel, which is some...

So I didn't get down to Glasgow:) I ended up going out with a guy called Richard to a pool lounge in Inverness for a few quiet beers on Monday night, we had a few and a few more, made friends with the bar tenders and the night ended up being massive. I got back to the Hostel at 5am, with a 2:30am lockout. Luckily some others were up and let me in. I'll leave it at that. Keep in mind that I have to keep this log censored and toned down, cause mummy's reading:) Anyways, I was feeling like death...

Ah, so last I left it was the wee town of Kyleakin. Well, it took a lot to tear myself away from that place because the hostel is EXCELLENT! The people, the town, the music, the weather... it was all good. The day before I left was my bit of Skye exploration. I left mid-morning on a bus to Portree which is this great town in the centre of the Isle, mainly consisting of a fishing harbour, tourist shops, and good places to eat. After a lunch of homemade soup and a toasty, it was on another bus ...

I'm starting to find it more difficult to write while I'm here and more just want to write when I return, so here is the general update again. I ended up in Inverness for three nights as I met some really cool people (3 Germans and 1 Italian) and they were going to Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle the next day, and what trip to Scotland wouldn't be complete without a little Nessie spotting and more castle walking. So after waiting for the bus for two hours and entertaining the bus crowd with som...