Cluanie Inn
Travel Blogs from Glenmoriston
The night Skye
SATURDAY, 25th November We had a sleepless night. New bed and restless limbs. But the day was faultless as before with clear Scottish skies. We set off at 10am in our car with D in the front and the girls in the back. Their valley was magic as always although now of a brown hue instead of its summer greenery. Driving north the sun was directly on …
Skye rambling in the mist
SUNDAY, 26th November Breakfast was huge. I tucked into my black pudding feast which was accompanied by all those other greasy English breakfast victuals. Not that I was hungry but because it was there. That explains a lot about my size at the moment. We are both very overweight because we are eating out of habit and not exercising. While the girls …
Nessie
... Nessie tour happening at 1pm. Went back to the apartment and after breakfast explored around the Abbey a little more, found the monks burial ground at the back near the Loch behind some hedges, it was a little spooky even in the daylight. After lunch went around to the boat in the canal and thought we might be the only customers when all of a sudden 3 or 4 mini buses pulled up with tourists from Edinburgh , and then we were about ...
Loch Ness
We arrived at our accommodation after driving through the Highlands and plenty of snow. The Highland Club is an old converted Abbey . We were in the old school house in self contained accommodation but with access to the old Abbey and its surrounds. We have two nights stay here and that is a bit of a relief, not having to move on in the morning. Nessie hunting is on the agenda for ...
Day 6 - Kinlochleven to Fort William (16 miles)
... wasn't much left. I was wondering if this was the area that they were clearing when Pippa did the walk 6 years ago, if it was, I was hoping they might have replanted it by now ;-) Just as I approached another open area of the walk it started to snow, and quite heavy. I was glad that I was ahead of everyone and that I would be soon under the cover of the forest and not out in the moorland that I had just walked through. There is a benefit of being out ...