Trip report: Scottish highlands
Friday Seemingly a rare thing, but I don’t have to be on a customer site this week. So I am working from home. In these situations I tend to start work at 05:00, effectively working middle-eastern ...
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A bit achy today, so a later start. The plan was to head for the Isle of Skye, and as RitchieC correctly predicted, the Glen Brittle campground. I powered up the laptop and checked the weather: Heavy rain there all today; and tomorrow; and Wednesday; and Thursday. OK, plan B: where is it not raining? It turned out that this band of rain stopped about an hour east, and it was warm and sunny there. So today’s new direction would be East.
First a quick stop by the locks, built by Telford that allow boats to traverse the Great Glen, crossing from one side of Scotland to the other in a straight line without going the long way around.
Next stop: The Commando Monument; set-up to honour the Commandos as originally set-up by Churchill.
Unfortunately the monument told of many young men still giving their lives as Royal Marine Commandos today.
Then onto Scotland’s main ski destination: Aviemore and lunch at the lake below the ski resort.
After lunch and Sally’s battles with ducks we headed up to the ski resort, nearly driving over this chap on the way, which might have left Santa down on pulling power this winter:
At the resort we took the funicular railway up to the restaurant at the top.
You aren’t allowed out of the building outside of the ski season as they are trying to protect and regenerate the natural flora on the mountain, so we confined ourselves to the observation deck, and then rather than burning calories going for a hike, we consumed them instead in their café:
We took the ride back down the railway:
Returning to the lake we found a campground right next to it and were lucky to get a site with electric hook-up right opposite the lake shore. Great location.
We went for a quick walk around the lake to burn off some of the calories consumed earlier:
Stay tuned for more…
A bit achy today, so a later start. The plan was to head for the Isle of Skye, and as RitchieC correctly predicted, the Glen Brittle campground. I powered up the laptop and checked the weather: Heavy rain there all today; and tomorrow; and Wednesday; and Thursday. OK, plan B: where is it not raining? It turned out that this band of rain stopped about an hour east, and it was warm and sunny there. So today’s new direction would be East.
First a quick stop by the locks, built by Telford that allow boats to traverse the Great Glen, crossing from one side of Scotland to the other in a straight line without going the long way around.
Next stop: The Commando Monument; set-up to honour the Commandos as originally set-up by Churchill.
Unfortunately the monument told of many young men still giving their lives as Royal Marine Commandos today.
Then onto Scotland’s main ski destination: Aviemore and lunch at the lake below the ski resort.
After lunch and Sally’s battles with ducks we headed up to the ski resort, nearly driving over this chap on the way, which might have left Santa down on pulling power this winter:
At the resort we took the funicular railway up to the restaurant at the top.
You aren’t allowed out of the building outside of the ski season as they are trying to protect and regenerate the natural flora on the mountain, so we confined ourselves to the observation deck, and then rather than burning calories going for a hike, we consumed them instead in their café:
We took the ride back down the railway:
Returning to the lake we found a campground right next to it and were lucky to get a site with electric hook-up right opposite the lake shore. Great location.
We went for a quick walk around the lake to burn off some of the calories consumed earlier:
Stay tuned for more…
