Edinburgh to Ardersier

Today started with packing up our bags as we were of to our next adventure. The lads went and sorted our hire car while Jen and I went and found coffee and ended up with cake too 🤷🏻‍♀️🤭 Excellent!
We then met the boys for a second breakfast. 🥳
Off we went through the streets of Edinburgh with Danny driving and Trev navigating because the Bluetooth refused to work on the car. They did a great job.
First stop was to learn about Robert the Bruce and the Battle of Bannockburn. Then we headed to the town of Stirling and climbed the massive hill up to Stirling Castle. Mary queen of Scots lived here as a child and it went through many battles and was torn down and rebuilt many times over. It was used for a barracks throughout history as it’s in an incredibly invincible position. The gardens were spectacular and the display in the gallery kitchen was really interesting.
The large rooms on the left were used to school royal children. It is said that King James who translated the Bible was schooled here!
We then dropped into Aldi for some lunch and supplies for on the road and took off up to Inverness. What a journey!! Absolutely spectacular scenery along the way. Mountains, grand old homes, ruins, heather in bloom, cows and sheep, beautiful golden hay bails on rolling green hills. We had perfectly blue skies, a slight breeze and lots of sunshine. The locals are complaining about a heatwave 😂
We then went to the site of the battle of Colloden.
The interactive display was excellent with real guns to hold and a battlefield with moving red or blue dots depicting soldiers.
We then kept driving to our village accommodation in Ardersier. Had a wonderful roast dinner at the local with the locals! Sitting there hearing them chatter away in the Scottish accent is fun 😆👏 Went for a walk along the beach afterwards and was enthralled by the large stones that they have instead of sand. They were so beautiful and so many! We had our meeting and read from Matt 14 and reflected on the great compassion of our Lord, healing all those who came to him and doing so while grieving the loss of his cousin John. Such an extraordinary example.
Sunset was spectacular with the clouds rolling over the mountains and the golden sun peaking through on its way down.En savoir plus