
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
This morning, I collected guests from Edinburgh Grassmarket and then drove north to the ancient Scottish capital of Stirling. Here we spent about 1 hour exploring the famous medieval castle which now features a heavily restored Royal Palace.

Main Entrance to Stilring Castle, Scotland

Royal Apartments, Stirling Castle, Scotland
Next we drove up the A9 to nearby Tullibardine Distillery where we availed of a distillery tour which lasted about 1 hour and concluded with tasting of two single malts.

Whisky Stills at Tullibardine Distillery, Scotland

Leraning about maturation at Tullibardine Distillery, Scotland
After a light lunch at Tullibardine we continued north to Dalwhinnie Distillery. Here, the group availed of a tastings session (single malts).
Aftewr Dalwhinnie we continued north , via Spean Bridge, up through the Great Glen to Castle Urquhart on Loch Ness.Here we explored the castle, photogrpahed the views of Loch Ness together with a timely rainbow and then continued north to Inverness for refuelling. Finally we headed south to Speyside and our lodgings for the night at An Cala in Grantown-on-Spey.

Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness, Scotland

Rainbow over Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness, Scotland
Overall, a satisfying day with the tour achieving schedule. Tomorrow we visit two Speyside distilleries and then head south to Edinburgh.