To the beach

Turned out to be a lovely sunny day for our Sandy beach visit. Moving south of the highlands, we attempted to visit Glenfinnan viaduct, rail bridge crossing made famous by Harry Potter’s steam train ride. The car park and surrounding area were rammed and marshalled. There were even police blocking one road all because the steam train was expected over said bridge (runs the same time every day). So we drove further on our way anyway and found a stop by the train track heading towards a bridge. We wandered over to the bridge and waited. And waited. I walked back to the van and made tea. And waited. Then I heard a toot toot in the distance and finally the steam emerged from afar and the train eventually passed.

We drove on towards the beach, funnily enough passing the train a couple more times. The Silver Sands of Morar (as featured in Highlander) was as epic as it sounds. Vast sandy beach with deep, white sparkling sands. The tide was way out so not very deep at all for a chilly, bracing ‘swim’ but we went in anyway. Had a wander along the shore to dry out in the warm sun then back to the van to change.

We had to drive back off the peninsula the way we came, passing the viaduct car park which had now eased so we pulled in and walked up to the viaduct. Quite impressive close up. I just now need to photoshop my train photo over the bridge photo and have the sought after image. Know anyone? 😉

Next stop was a supplies run then slow drive through Fort William, past Ben Nevis to the Glencoe mountains. The scenery has changed now compared to the rest of the highlands because the mountains are closer and more imposing making the views a bit more impressive.

We pulled over at the 3 sisters mountain range for a quick photo then a little further along to climb up some rugged landscape looking for a location that was apparently in Highlander. Also happens to be a couple of memorial spots there too. A beautiful view from there so can understand why. We were entertained by a resident crow too, flying around close to us.

Then headed on to our stopover in Bridge of Orchy. Lovely warm evening so hung my wet things outside including the rug that the kettle water had spilled everywhere. After dinner, took a walk down to the local hotel for a drink and strategic use of facilities then back to the van. Lovely clear skies and nearly a new moon.
Glasgow tomorrow.Les mer