Friday, April 9, 2010

Some different road signs over here!!!



Our plan for today was to tour part of the Highlands of Scotland....we drove from Beauly to Loch Ness, which is much bigger than I expected. We didn't see the "Loch Ness Monster" - that's a surprise!!!. We were able to see Urquart Castle, which is a ruin on Loch Ness. We stopped for a cup of coffee, beside a bridge and discovered that it was an opening swing bridge. While we were there some boats needed to get through, so we were able to video the operation of the bridge. We then went in search of "Glen Bogle"(Monarch of the Glen, BBC Series, for those who don't know). Knowing that it the Castle was on Loch Laggan, we had no trouble finding it. We originally wanted to stay at the Gatehouse of the property, but rentals were for a minimum of 6 nights, and we didn't have that much time to spend in one place. I am happy to have seen the gatehouse and the castle from a distance. We then travelled to Fort William, for to have a look around. It was a very enjoyable day in the Scottish Highlands. We are at present sitting in the bar of the hotel, and are considering having Indian for dinner.

3 comments:

  1. So not fair, I want to go to Glen Bogle :( Did u see Useless???? Sounds like u didn't go into the castle?? Is it not open to view?? Going to have to go home and watch an episode now.....u know it's on at 1230 during the day on ABC, or I could just watch the DVD :)
    Thanks for the call yesterday, Charlotte kept picking up the phone and saying "hi Nanna and poppy, how are u?? Good?? Bye" so cute!!

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  2. Thanks for skyping today.....nice to see you.
    Don't you just love it when you go somewhere e.g. Scotland and eat something out of the norm like Indian. It was like us having pizza when we were in Thailand!!!!! Have you had any Haggas yet??? Not something I would fancy!!!!!

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  3. Hello hello.... Still on phone!! Stupid telstra!! Haha loving the photos.... Looks amazing :)
    can't believe you are going to have Indian!! It looks very cold over there bbbrrrrrr
    watching our swannies kick butt... 3/4 time and it's 91-34 yay !!!! :)
    we had a christening today for Gabriella ( ANGE from rebels little girl) she is still so little! It was nice
    mel JA and Brayden came last night and it was great having them visit .... Tupperware was good and u can have a party when u get home!! Thanks :) hahaha
    Harrison is good ..... He is so clever he loves copying what u do... You clap he claps . Whilst saying vroom vroom of course!! He def has the hang of all fours an rocking too. He is missing nanny and poppy very much and wants telstra to hurry up so we can skype!
    JONO is good.... Still trying to get rid of flu. But he has enjoyed working in the garden. We have planted a few plants out front and trying to fix grass where we took some if the prickles out. Our vegies are massive!! We have 7 zuccinis and 2 pumpkins some lettuce a few beans and our corn is so strong and tall!! Can't wait for it to be all ready!
    We hope you are enjoying yourselves very much .... Sounds like u r ! It just looks AWESOME!! ( that's for john that word)
    anyways stay safe and look forward to hearing more :) l
    love us

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