2010 June Home Page


Eggs on toast for breakfast and we hit the road at 9.30. It's another short drive today - only 159 miles. The weather is a sunny 17 degrees.

Drumnadrochit lies at the head of Urquhart Bay on Loch Ness. I doubt we'll see the monster, but we saw plenty of beautiful scenery along the way and certainly around the Loch.

We went over the Tay Bridge at Newport and the onto Dundee and Perth. Then we take the A90 towards Inverness following the signs towards Fort William. The countryside of the Highlands was very beautiful. We stop along the way at a Distillery - as one should - and take a tour of Loch Ness from the water. A wonderful day.

It finally starts to get dark around 11.00PM...




He we are on
our way again.


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The River
Tay.


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The Tay
Bridge.


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Forget signs..
we had Tom Tom.

Gotta love the
old buildings.


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A changing
country side.


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Just clicked
up 1000 miles.


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Trees have given way
to rugged mountains.

Snow on
the hill sides.


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A side trip
to Dalwhinnie.


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Time to check out
the Distillery.


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A week ago these
hills were covered in snow.

Us at the
Distillery.

The Distillery
Entrance.

Love the
old lights.

Empty or
full ?.

You wish
Clive !.


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Some of this snow
will last all summer.


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Welcome
to Inverness.


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Tom Tom
says go left.


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Got to have
the satellite dish.


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Beautiful
old houses.

The top of
Loch Ness.


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The Gift
Shop.

The Loch Ness Inn -
Our home for a few days.

Old houses
across the road.

The main
entrance.

The resturant
entrance.

Looking back
to the main road.


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The beer
garden.


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Our
bed.

Simple but
sufficent.

Clive checks out
what to do.


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We'll visit
Urquhart Castle.

Back in
Drumnadrochit.


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Floral display
of the Castle.


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Smile
Gai.

Urquhart
Castle.


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Waiting for
the boat tour.

All
aboard.

Heading out onto
Loch Ness.


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Lovely views
from on the water.


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View of
Urquhart Castle.

Another
tour boat.


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A bit of chop
on the water.

Looking at the
Castle ruins.

Better than the
inside views.


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These ducks were
following us.


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Welcome aboard
little duck.

Another coming
in to land.

Waiting for
their food.

Feed
me.


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Getting ready
to dock.

Out tour
boat.

The van that took
us to the boat.

Clive checks
his emails.