Falls of Braan
Today, collected my tour group from Clan MacDuff Hotel at Fort William then drove to nearby Inverlochy Castle which dates from the 13th century when it was buit as a Comyn family power base. With help from the information board it is possible to envisage the size and importance of this still significant ruin.
Inverlochy Castle
Next we travelled up the Great Glen through Fort Augustus to Castle Urquhart on Loch Ness. By common consent of the group this was a superb spot to view the famous loch aided by the fact that weather was benign with reasonable sunshine.The castle has an interesting history in its own right, being a fortified location for about 1100 years through to the late 17th century.
Castle Urquhart
Next we travelled up to Inverness and then Invergordon where there is a deepwater port which attracts many large cruise ships. Here, we were impressed with the shopping facilities and unusual murals painted on the walls of various commercial premises.
Mural at Invergordon
Mural at Invergordon
After tracking the impressive east coast of Scotland for a couple of hours we arrived at our destination for the evening of Wick, which is very close to the northern tip of Scotland and our base for tomorrow’s Clan Sinclair themed tour.
This morning, June 9th.,we departed our Inverness lodgings and drove south for about 30 mins to Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness. This is probably the best location for viewing Loch Ness, being located about half way along the Loch and on a promontory standing out into the Loch.See image below.This visitor attraction is well managed and provides visitors with a short film showing the history of the castle. Weather was cold but dry. See image at foot of this post.
After Urquhart we continued south along the Great Glen through Fort Augustus to Fort William where we availed of lunch.
Next we visited famous Glencoe
Glencoe
