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Travel Blogs from Nairn
A little closer to home - Inverness and Beauly
... heading into Inverness but turned off and again headed north for Nairn. Twice this morning we are thwarted in our effort to find castles. Castle Stuart was not far off the main highway but seemed to have become a private residence behind a huge garden edged by tall trees. (Called in to Castle Stuart Golf Links instead - would be a windy game of golf here today with a strong and cold southerly blowing) Later we tried to find Cawdor ...
A trek across the Highlands to the Isle of Skye
... and sunny but had the odd shower during the day. Interesting to note that even in the middle of the day the best the sun can do is rise to approx 45° in the southern sky - not much difference in shadow direction between morning and afternoon. At different times had to slow right down and avoid a large stag deer, sheep and pheasant on the road. Two sets of eyes open for the unexpected. Road takes us along many rivers and lochs winding in and out of bays ...
Jimmy's coastal walk : Day 35
... and heavy rain had made the coast track impassable at that point and the only alternative was the main road. So I was back on the A9 for the remaining mile or so into Brora. Once across the River Brora I was able to rejoin the beach for a couple of miles. Further on I had to rejoin the A9 which led me past another broch at Cinn Trolla (I think that's its name). It was much less well preserved than Carn ...
Jimmy's coastal walk : day 34
... that I could reach Golspie before dark.
There was snow on the hills north of Inverness and the forecast promised showers on a north-easterly airstream.
Leaving Tain I headed for the A9. Like it or not, this road would be a major part of my route for the next three days and beyond. I crossed the bridge over the Dornoch Firth and turned off the road hoping to walk along the shore. The tide ...
Hunting Nessie
Day 159: After arriving in Inverness we checked in and went for a walk around the city centre a little but was getting dark and it is getting even colder now so we went to a pub for dinner and drinks.
Day 160: Today we finally did it and hired a car which turned out to be the best decision while being in Inverness. We headed south from Inverness and headed down the western side of Loch Ness trying to find the ...