Maple Court Inverness
12 Ness Walk Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, IV3 5SQ, United Kingdom
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Jo's guiding skills leave a little to be desired!
... It is a beautiful old historic home and we had a delicious dinner and Soph managed to literally roll her eyes back in her head from sheer exhaustion! Very impressive.
Hugh and I went and picked up a hire car and we headed off on the 'organised' road trip...
First stop - distillery tour at Glenfiddich Scotch Distillery - closed for christmas holidays!
Second stop - boat tour of Loch Ness ...
33. Haggis and Hootanannys
"Cheer up! You're in Scotland!"
This was the first of many outbursts from our gruff Scottish guide, Joe. Hailing from South Uist, an island off the north-west coast of Scotland, Joe grew up speaking Gaelic. His daywear is a kilt. Satisfied you can't get much more Scottish than that, I was excited that Joe was the one to be taking us on our first foray into the Highlands. He informed us that we would be listening to ...
Techno bagpipes
... parts of this document there are claims about kinship with Kings and Queens, and a very vague reference about an Imray being at probably the most revered of Scottish wars (and there have been a few!). Well I checked all the records of the Scottish army, and there is not an Imray to be seen at Culloden except for me today. Maybe he just meant that an Imray once took a vacation there, taking a 'ye olde' version of a campervan for a long weekend at ...
Intet uhyre
... kørte vi til Forres, hvor vi fik en rundvisning på destilleriet Benromach. Det var spændende, og til sidst fik Lars noget af en prøvesmagning, eller dram, som det også her kaldes. Efter alle smagsprøverne købte vi en flaske, I skal glæde jer til at smage. Til aften så vi lidt på byen, fandt en pizza og en pub, og nu er vi trætte efter strabadserne:) Hårdt at holde ferie ...
Arriving in Scotland - Inverness & Loch Ness
... Pretty soon we were fully entertained by the friendly Scotsman named Angus MacDonald, Highland Entrepreneur who works in London and lives in Scotland. He is therefore a regular traveler on the Caledonian Sleeper.
He said that the train was running about an hour late at that time, as it had to be rerouted during the night due to stolen power lines. That must have been what woke us up, the urgency of the voices ...



