Blogs from Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 17

Coming back to a 1st world country was luxurious in so many ways. Having a clean bathroom, access to an iron, supermarkets, our own computer to use, and being able to talk the language were very enjoyable. It was all fantastic, minus the weather. Arriving in London, it was rainy, windy and bitterly cold at 11 degrees. We had a weekend in London at my sister's to meet up with friends, get over our jet-lag and to do laundry and get ready for our trip to northern England, Wales, and Scotland. On our departure day, we were so cold that we were wearing longjohns in June of all months. The extra layer of clothing did not dampen our excitement as we saw Bath, the Lakes District, and parts of Wales before heading to Edinburgh. The ... read more

No Loch Ness Monsters up here in Scotland! I spent a couple of hours searching around the 70 mile lake that it is supposed to be in as well! The Loch Ness lake is obviously way bigger that I first though it would be and took a good 3 hours on bicycle to go and see only a tiny part of it then it started to pour so I turned around and headed home. So I'm up in North Scotland now but leaving tomorrow because the weather is supposed to be bad for a few days so heading to the West Coast then to Fort William to hike up the highest mountain in Britain which isn’t to big anyway but oh well. I Flew into Edinburgh on Wednesday after leaving several things behind at the airport, ... read more

Geo: 57.4594, -4.02469From the small town of Pitlochry, we headed up towards Inverness. On the way, we stopped at Blair castle, which was a fairly impressive, manor-type, castle. Being so early, we managed to avoid paying a cent to wander the grounds. Our luck continued at the nearby Scottish Whiskey Distillery, where we managed to get in early, have a quick look around and get free samples.Eventually we drove through the town of Inverness, and arrived at the battle site of Colloden. This was the site of one of the most famous, and significant battles in Brittish history, and in fact the last major battle fought on Brittish soil, back in 17th of April, 1746. The battle was fought between the Scottish Highlanders, under Bonny Prince Charlie, and the English Government led by the Duke of ... read more

Inverness is currently the fastest growing city in the UK. I was only there 2 nights but I liked it a lot. Its clean and tidy and central to much of the Highlands of Scotland. Unfortunately the weather was not so nice when it poured most of the day whilst I trudged round Fort George nicely snug in my waterproofs. I pretty much had the place to myself and the audio tour actually wasn't too bad. I met a couple of Canadian girls at the hostel that evening and we joined in with some Scottish dancing at a local pub and afterwards in a cosy bar with a rustic 2 man & 1 women hippy band playing groovey music. Various eccentric characters spiritually danced the night away next to the stage and if you had musical ... read more

A normal rise for us today. We have got a bit planned, but not too much today. We got our clothes washed at the Laundromat and had a look around the city. We also booked our “Dolphin cruise”. This is a 2hr cruise to see some Moray Dolphins that frequent the harbour. Before the cruise, we decided to try the Pancake Parlour’s pancakes. They were huge, but very nice. After this, we went to our cruise. The cruise was quite relaxing, but there were no Dolphins to be seen at all. About all we saw was a few ducks. The trip was enjoyable though and before long, we were back at the pier. We were supposed to be transported back to the city centre, but the bus broke down and the tour operator ended up ordering ... read more