Monday, August 20, 2007

Newtonmore & Loch Ness

Today we departed from the hotel and headed to Kingussie (all these Scottish names remind me of home - Highland Park which streets are obviously named after these places in Scotland!). We stopped in a carpark there briefly while Andrew made some calls.

We visited the Highlands wildlife park where we drove through the park and saw the European bison, deer .... There were some animals that could only be seen by walking so we parked the car and saw wolves, cats, otter, snowy? monkeys, owls. It was cold.



Headed towards Inverness, stopped at Culloden Moor where the battle between Bonnie Prince Charlie and the English took place. Walked through the battlefield.

In Inverness, I posted my visa application (which was going to allow me to continue living and working in the UK) after eventually finding a carpark and the post office - damn one way streets.
We decided to drive on a circuit around Loch Ness. Stopped at Fort Augustus to check out the Caledonian Canal with the locks. Saw some beautiful views, Urquhart castle.


Headed to Dornoch where we were spending the night, lots of bridges on the way. Had dessert at the local pub, nearly had Chinese takeaways as Grace was craving some but decided against it in the end.

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