Highlander B&B Inverness

... take a little detour to Loch Ness and see if I can't see anything... look carefully :P Again, not lit the best, so... that's my excuse!<br><br> <br><br>I checked in at the hostel, but couldn't get wi-fi so wandered into town with my comp and ended up having dinner ...

... king - who told her that if she put her face in the enchanted river for 7 seconds, her beauty would be restored forver and peace would return. Which she did - and which we did too! Yup! threw our faces, in the middle of the rain, on cold slippery rocks! (hopefully i'll be able to upload photos at the next hostel!). <br><br>Phew - what a day! and what an entry! Tonight at the hostel is the Tartan Yoga party, so i had better go and see what outfit Josh has created. <br><br>Till next time! <br>

... merriment and band playing. <br> Todays meals have consisted of Haggis Sausage Roll for lunch and baked potato with haggis mince for dinner! Mince has come a long way n the past few years - due to EU regulations they have to put some form of normal meat in it, although there is still bit of heart, kidney and liver poking out! Very tasty though, might have to have Haggis Curry one night when we get home!<br><br>To the Isle of Sky tomorrow<br><br>XO<br>

... that you could show other noblefolk your area. The local Duke went one step further and even hired a crazy old man Hermit to live in his land, so that he had something extra special to brag about! We stopped at Ossians hut, which sat just over a waterfall and watched the salmon try to jump upstream to their spawning areas. <br><br>Back on the bus - a quick lunch at the Tipsy Laird, which for those who watched Monarch of the Glen (a BBC show a few years back) was ...

... was delayed, but Ike pt my composure &#8211; I had many hours at my disposal and barring getting stuck on the underground for 10 hours (a possibility in London), I was going to have plenty of time. I made it home, albeit 5 minutes later than expected, but still cool and calm. I was determined to be happy, because I was technically already on holiday, and there are few better feelings I know of. OK, I&#8217;m sure intimate relations with a pair of 18 y.o. Czech twins is up there, but ...

... did. The castle was a bit like Switzerland (just hear me out) during the battle of Culloden the castle was visited by both sides and remained neutral this happened during the life of the castle. The castle has always been a owned by Christians was donated to the church by the last owner and is now a B&amp;B and used by the church. During the tour we went into the drawing room and we being told stories about the different artifacts in the glass display case. One ...

... ruin, and was a working house that someone lived in. It was still nice, but much less interesting. We arrived in Aberdeen in the mid afternoon. We walked around the town centre and visited the maritime museum. To make the most of the available light, we continued on out of Aberdeen and made it down to Dunnotar Castle, just as the sun was going down. Dunnotar Castle is more of a complex of stone buildings surrounded by a wall than a castle. It ...

Hi everyone. Writing this on a ferry from the Orkney Islands just off the north of Scotland! Got back from Africa after a night flight from Jo-Burg, and headed straight to Cambridge, where lovely Bryce picked us up from the train station, and once we'd taken him back to work we headed straight to the boys place to use and abuse their washing machine. The next day we got up very early and drove all the way to St Andrews. We had a ...

... Nessie or no Nessie, the Loch was an incredible sight to behold, set beneath hills of heather and a dusting of snow, and the ruins of Urquhart Castle at its edge.<br> <br>It seemed a never ending drive in the dark from Fort William to Glasgow and then back to Edinburgh. It had been a very, very long day and we were very glad to be out of the car, but I think it was worth it. After this taster one day I hope to come back and see the Highlands properly.

It was mostly cloudy today, but it rained little. We left Ballater fairly early and headed north to Inverness. The drive was very nice, but, of course, foggy. It was early when we reached our destination. We settled, deposited the car, and headed into town to look about and eat. The only place we could do so was a department store cafeteria. Mum was feeling very poor. After ...