October 3, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Entered the Highlands...so so nice
Along Loch Lomond (walked around Luss), through Glencoe and on to Fort William (all spectacular views)... We caught chair lift up Nevis range
Love this area
And saw a highland cow today (yey!)
October 4, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ☀️ 9 °CWe had a big drive today taking in some beautiful scenery and sights. We saw the old steam train used in the Harry Potter movies; Neptune's staircase, a staircase loch comprising 8 lochs on the Caledonian Canal; the Glenfinnan viaduct and monument; Eilean Donan Castle and some hairy Highland cattle.
October 4, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ 🌙 9 °CBig driving day- first stop was Neptunes Staircase- a series of 8 loch to take boats from Fort William to the Caledonian Canal (a very long process), then out to the Glenfinnan Viaduct -used in Harry Potter as well as the steam train that travels along that line (known as the Jacobite Train). ThereRead more
October 5, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ 🌧 9 °CWe caught the ferry from Uig, Isle of Skye to Tarbert on the Isle of Harris this morning. Lovely calm crossing and great scenery. From there we took the scenic route to our accommodation for the next three nights at Garrabost on the Isle of Lewis. See my next post for Isle of Harris and Isle of SkyeRead more
October 3, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ 🌧 10 °CLeft Glasgow this morning to drive to Fort Williams in the highlands. Lunch stop at beautiful Luss on the 'Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond', then onward into the highlands via Glen Coe. It was a cold wet day!
October 3, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 9 °CI got my first glimpse of the Scottish Highlands as we drove towards Fort William. Somehow the drizzle made for a better first impression with the mist drifting in and out of view. Beautiful! We took a gondola ride up the Nevis Range mountain resort where we were optimistically thinking we would seeRead more
October 9, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 11 °CBeautiful Inverness at the top of the Highlands. On the journey up Loch Ness we detoured into Glen Afflic to visit the Plodda Falls. Next day on to the battle field on Culloden Moor, over to the east coast to Aberdeen & down to Perth.
October 9, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 15 °CWe continued along Loch Ness and to our next stop for the next night - Inverness. Inverness is on Scotland’s northeast coast, where the River Ness meets the Moray Firth. It's the largest city and the cultural capital of the Scottish Highlands. Our accommodation looked across to Inverness Castle,Read more
October 10, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ☀️ 8 °COn our way to Perth, we visited the Culloden moor, east of Inverness, where the Battle of Culloden was fought, the final conflict during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, in which the government forces defeated the Jacobite army and suppressed once and for all Charles Stuart's ambition of reclaiming theRead more
October 9, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ☀️ 10 °COff the ferry at Ullapool and straight on the road to our B&B at Dalcreichart, a small hamlet in Glen Moriston, Inverness-shire, 15 km west of Invermoriston. Just before we reached the B&B our headlights caught a doe and two little "Bambi" fawns crossing the road. No photo but a good memory to have.Read more
You might also know this place by the following names:
Highland, HLD, Хайланд, Kuzul an Uheldirioù, Consell de Highland, Cyngor yr Ucheldir, هایلند, Ylämaa, Comhairle na Gáidhealtachd, Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd, Çheer ny Gaeil, ハイランド, 하일랜드 주, Hailandas, Хајленд, Tanah Tinggi, Хайленд, ہائیلینڈ, Hieland, Гайленд, 高地
You look so at home alongside that breathtaking scenery! Such a bonny lass!