From Fort William

After discovering Lochness we drove down to Fort William and stayed there for a couple of nights:)
The "Harry Potter" train runs there however, since it was a Sunday and we wanted to make the most of the trip we decided to drive along the railroad.

So Fort William to Morar... what a beautiful drive, roads twists and turns just like in a movie:)
Went for a small hike around Morar and visited the white beach and walked along side the Loch Morar, where apparently Nessies cousin lives... ya you guessed it we did not find him either:(

Went back to Fort William for a Chipper Supper... nothing special but still was good fun.

The following day we drove from Fort William to Mallaig and caught the ferry to the Isle of Skye:)

Just as we arrived we decided to check out the:

Clan MacDonald heritage:) IT WAS FANTASTIC:) Had a great walk around.

We found a wonderful B&B on our way to Elgol... this tiny village on Skye. There is this wee lighthouse there which is amazing. The road there was another story... tiny road covered with sheep and cows:)

We saw the sun set there... There are lots of boat trips that you can take from there to see a few more lochs and the local fauna, although we did not have enough time to go on a boat trip as we were going to start heading north:)

Urquhart Castle

After the tractors... we headed towards the Lochness to look for Nessie. On the loch there is this FANTASTIC castle called Urquhart Castle.

I have been lots of castles in my life but this one has something special...

No wonder Nessie would want to live here:) It is beautiful.
We were lucky as the weather was Perfect:)

Tractors?!

After making it to the top of the Cairngorm and back... we headed towards Inverness. On the way we decided to stay at this WONDERFUL B&B. It was amazing, something out of the movies. This was the view from our room:)

While we were there, the people at the B&B told us about a tractor plowing competition... which was out of this world. I mean I have always been a city guy but walking around the fields with real farmers.... showing their tractors... well it was a new experience to say the least:)

There were hundreds of tractors of different makes, years all plowing this HUGE field which was divided to make life easy for everyone.
All the competitors where evaluated on different categories time, how even was the field plowed, etc...

To tell you the truth I did not understand all the rules... actually I did not understand what most people where saying... I mean Scottish farmers... it is very hard to understand...

It was so much fun:) I did not care that I was not dressed up properly (did not have my wellies on) and we were obviously in the wrong place but it was good fun:)

Cairngorm

Continuing our trip... from the Glenmore Lodge we started walking... and this is what we saw...

The photos do not do the place justice... all I can say it was amazing... 6 hour hike... a life changing experience....

There is no mountain too big for us... you can do anything if you put your mind to it.... and reaching the top...

WOW... what a feeling:)

There is a great train that you can catch if you do not feel like walking....but if you are up for it and weather permitting... just walk up.

It is the highest underground station in the UK... and there is a nice restaurant at the end ... which is "famous" for its hot chocolate:)

Try it out:) eehehhehehe.

GLENFIDDICH

Hi everyone,

Life in Aberdeen continues... well I wanted to take this opportunity to share my latest trips.... Martine came over and we set off to discover the wonders of Scotland... We did a lot in a just under 2 weeks... It was a really romantic trip but I am not going to into detail as some things are best not shared with the world. However the trip was memorable not only because of the company but of where we went and what we saw.....

It all started with a nice drive to Glenfiddich...

http://uk.glenfiddich.com/index.html

Glenfiddich is one of Scotlands most famous Single Malt Whisky.... So we went to the distillery...

What can I say... IT WAS AMAZING. The first thing you notice is the smell. If you ever want to see a whisky distillery... I strongly suggest Glenfiddich, as it really is geared towards tourists, explaining the whole process.


Moving on from Whisky... we headed towards... Glenmore.... the weather was not really on our side... but the white Mazda.... made it no worries:)

http://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk/

The plan was to go for a nice walk or hike from the lodge to the top of the Cairngorm...

Scotland has this beautiful scenery which some people spend their whole life worrying on their life's and don't take the time to take a step back and just enjoy what life has to offer.....