After a very comfortable night and a delicious breakfast in our B & B in Fort William, we were ready for day 2 in the Scottish Highlands. The weather initially was pretty drab with rain and mist slowing our pace but it gradually improved as we approached our first stop at the ruins of Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness. We took time out for coffee and then explored the castle ruins, all the time keeping an eye on Loch Ness in case the Loch Ness Monster should appear. But alas, no monster !!
We continued on to Inverness, and then on a whim, decided to drive across the bridge to Black Island and travel to its northernmost tip to the little town of Cromarty – reputedly one of the best preserved medieval towns in Scotland. The wind was ripping in but we found a great little pub and had a great lunch. WE were surprised to see quite a number of oil rigs lying just offshore – evidently the price of oil doesn’t justify their operation in the North Sea.
Then when set our sights on the long drive back to Edinburgh, although we did allow ourselves time to call into a great little town called Pitlochry for a coffee. We arrived back at our motorhome at late afternoon and I then returned our little hire car to the airport.
Aya…it looks a wee bit “dreich” as they say in Scotland. Bit sometimes, that’s part of the charm lol