Scotland - the Highlands at last!
The journey west towards Fort William was quite pleasant, meandering on a good road beside loch after loch. Some, like Loch Laggan had old Victorian dams at the end, not for hydro electricity here but to take water by pipeline to other dams for hydro electricity. It was here that we got our first view of Ben Nevis.
Our next site is a two nighter on the shore of Loch Linnhe (not Loch Leven as I said in the last post), and very pretty it is too. The weather was not particularly pleasant, and during the first night the wind blew a real hooley - really rocking the van.
Thursday saw us take a circular drive, initially south through fantastic vistas to Oban, then east along the north shore of Loch Ewe, and finally north again to Glencoe. The weather was much better, still a bit windy and cool, but nowhere near as bad as before and at least we had some sunshine.
Glencoe is incredibly dramatic, and it is difficult to grasp the scale of the mountains and valley on camera. The second video is the location in Skyfall where James Bond stops to admire the view.
There is a new Visitor Centre at the north end, and it is well worth the visit. It even has it's own viewpoint.
Tomorrow sees us with an early start, as we drive northwest to Mallaig to catch the ferry to Skye. Speed bonny boat, like a bird on the wing, over the sea to Skye!
Our next site is a two nighter on the shore of Loch Linnhe (not Loch Leven as I said in the last post), and very pretty it is too. The weather was not particularly pleasant, and during the first night the wind blew a real hooley - really rocking the van.
Thursday saw us take a circular drive, initially south through fantastic vistas to Oban, then east along the north shore of Loch Ewe, and finally north again to Glencoe. The weather was much better, still a bit windy and cool, but nowhere near as bad as before and at least we had some sunshine.
Glencoe is incredibly dramatic, and it is difficult to grasp the scale of the mountains and valley on camera. The second video is the location in Skyfall where James Bond stops to admire the view.
There is a new Visitor Centre at the north end, and it is well worth the visit. It even has it's own viewpoint.
Tomorrow sees us with an early start, as we drive northwest to Mallaig to catch the ferry to Skye. Speed bonny boat, like a bird on the wing, over the sea to Skye!
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