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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
... reaching the village at 6.30pm.
This was my longest walk so far, 26.7 miles, and in a pair of relatively new shoes my feet were complaining as evidenced by several blisters.
I was glad not to have to travel elsewhere to find a bed for the night, nor very far for an evening meal. The local restaurant was surprisingly busy.
see the route at http://gb.mapometer.com/walking/route_2 418179.html
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Hunting Nessie
... there were hardly any other cars. We took random roads along the way and found some really good photo oppurtunities and just slowly made our way back to the hostel. All up we spent a good 10 hours driving and seeing the sights so will definetly hire a car again.
Day 161: We explored the city today after we returned the car and found out that there really isn't much else to see in the area unless you have a car ...
Inverness after Talisker & Glenmorangie
Great day after, super ordinary tour at Talisker Glenmorangie was good Inverness was better great night with home game in town pub was great. This is no exaggeration the folks I drank with tonight honestly looked like they chewed glass and then ate like ten kit-kats we should send dentists abroad straight to this pub because there is no chance they can eat solid food for much ...
Highlands day 4: Inverness and Loch Ness
... fresh fish to flowers to vinyl records.
We walked along the River Ness, which runs through Inverness, and then walked around Inverness Castle. It was built in 1936 on the site of an 11th century defensive structure. You can’t actually go in to the castle because it is currently used as a courthouse.
We checked out of the hostel around 1pm ...