Blogs from Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Monday, 18 July 2022, Day 2 GGW Spean Bridge to Glengarry Castle Hotel. 16.95 miles, 6 hours 35 minutes walking, 2059 elevation gain. Today is one of the longest distances on the Great Glen Way (GGW). Jo and I are walking while Norma, Sandy and Karen are taking the bus. Simon and Morven at the Coire Glas B&B are most accommodating. They book tickets online for the bus. We have to wait until after the last breakfasts are served before Simon can take six people, who are walking, back to the bridge at Gairlochy where we start our next segment of this walk. Straight across the bridge and we start up the hill on a trail. We climbed a lot and walked above and along the northwest side of Loch Lochy. The path varies between mountain ... read more

Back on the road again.... NO THE OTHER SIDE!!!! my mantra stay to the left, stay to the left.... Driving the M & A series roads (400 series) is not that hard, it is when you move over to the secondary roads that things get interesting. We drove from Edinburgh to Invergarry stopping for a short tour at Edradour, Scotland's smallest distillery. They produce in 1 year what the larger ones produce in 1 week. Only 90,000 litres per year of hand crafted wonderfullness!!! They have 3 full time employees taking care of the 2 small stills. Hard to believe but it is available at the LCBO. The farther we drove north the better the weather became and when we saw the horses at the side of the road it was all clear skies. Got checked ... read more