Day 19 - Fort Augustus to Glasgow

Today was one of our best driving days on the trip. After leaving Fort Augustus, we drove north along the A82 on the western side of Loch Ness to Inverness. We found a lovely bakery cafe in Inverness for breakfast.

The drive along Loch Ness is a beautiful tree lined route, but the trees obscure some of the views of the loch. However, there are the occasional parking places along this road where you walk to the edge of Loch Ness to get a picture up and down the loch. However, if you want a more majestic view, then drive B852 down the eastern side of Loch Ness between Dores and Foyers to get the best view of Loch Ness. It is from this road that l think I saw the Loch Ness Monster, but without my glasses on, I couldn't be sure.

We passed through Fort Augustus on our way south through Fort Williams, Oban, Lochgriphead and Inveraray. This route follows close to the coastline with views of the Isle of Mull. On the drive into Glasgow, we drove along the edge of Loch Lomond, the largest loch in Scotland by surface area, with a length of approximately 36 kilometres and a maximum width of 8 kilometres. The loch is also one of the deepest in Scotland, with a maximum depth of 190 metres.

As I said, a great day of driving, where we covered almost 425 kilometres.Read more