On to Drumnadrochit

We left a little after 9 am from Invermoriston. The trail climbed fairly steeply right away and later on the High Route and the Low Route separated and we took the High Route. It got up to about 450 meters, but we didn’t see much of Loch Ness because we were in the hills on the west side. After awhile the High and Low trails joined up. We stopped along the trail at a house that was selling tea and coffee for hikers. Then it was a long slow drop to Drumnadrochit or “Drum” as it is otherwise known. It’s a little touristy with a Loch Ness Monster museum and Urquhart Castle nearby. We got drinks at Fiddler’s Pub and then checked into our B&B, the Greenlea. It is on the village green and is a listed house built in 1820. The door sills are all about 5 and a half feet high..Read more