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Hunting Nessie

Hi lovelies,


What a wonderful few days we have had. Too tired yesterday to blog, which is exciting, but now you have 2 days worth of our adventures to read.

We started yesterday morning with trying to find a post office so that we could return a credit card that had been left in our van. As it has been left with the PIN number we could have had such a merry time, but then sleep would be guilt-ridden, and just ask my Mum, I don’t need help I that 😊.

We then headed to The Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition in Drumnadrochit. It was pretty cool. Lots of information on the Loch and the search for Nessie.
Loch Ness



From there we headed back along the highway to Culloden where we visited the site of the final Jacobite Rising. We did a tour with the lovely Katherine, who gave such a wonderful commentary on the history of this very moving site.
It was pretty cold, with a bitter wind and was sprinkling of rain. Not at all like the weather faced by the soldiers, but it did give us a bit of a visual.
Highland Coo
Colloden Battlefield where the end of the clan system began

Grave stone for Clan dead mass burials



It was then back to the caravan park where we crashed pretty early.

Today seemed like an early start, not really time wise, but at 8.30am it was still dark.

Our destination was the Dochgarrock Lock where we were going to board a catamaran and enjoy a cruise around Loch Ness, with a tour of Urquhart Castle.


Both of these were fabulous. There was only a gentle breeze while we were on the Loch, and the weather remained fine. The cruise narrative was not only informative, but also pretty funny. The gentleman was a great entertainer.

Urquhart Castle Ruins
The depth gets to about 800ft in areas
Loch Ness is Huge. Holds more fresh water than England and Wales combined

We then disembarked the cat and spent 2 hours exploring the castle. Our guide this time was Paul, and he too shared a wealth of knowledge about the castle and its history.
It was then back on the boat and we returned to Dochgarroch.
A trebachet - siege weapon


Going down !!

For those that are interested, I did find Nessie. Chocolate never lies. 😉

We left Inverness and headed north again. Our destination was Brora, where we are spending the night.
Lots of bridges to cross, which water at low tide. The mountains in this area are becoming quite bare and not as green as those further south.

Dornoch area

On the way we stopped at the little village of Dornoch. This town was on our wish list to visit Cocoa Mountain. A chocolate company we had seen on Snake Pit before we left. We did buy a little chocolate, and had a quick look around before heading off again.
All for now lovelies.
Stay safe and keep enjoying life.
Love us.

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