Scottish Highlands 5th to 9th October 2020



Highlands of Scotland 5th - 9th October 2020


Bill and Val together with their friends Sandra and David Gostling spent five days exploring the Highlands of Scotland, predominately by train. Bill and Val were originally going in April 2019 but the trip was postponed due to Bill’s ill health. even this year’s trip was touch and go because of Covid-19.

On the 5th October the two couples flew to Inverness from where they were transferred to their hotel in Carrbridge.


On Tuesday 6th October they were driven to Fort William where they boarded the train to Mallaig. On route they travelled over the Glenfinnion viaduct, made famous by the Harry Potter films. On arrival at Mallaig they explored this small town for a short time then boarded the coach for the trip back. Their return route took them via Benavie where they stoped to view Neptune’s staircase, a system of eight locks on the Caledonian canal. whilst there the Jacobite steam train pulled through.


On Wednesday 7th October they were taken to Fort Augustus where the Caledonian canal meets Loch Ness. After a short stay they moved onto Drumnadrochit  where they boarded a boat called the Jacobite Maverick for their cruise around Loch Ness. They then returned to Carrbridge where they were greeted by a piper playing form the top of Carrbridge’s  ancient stone bridge. This bridge is said to be the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands.


On Thursday 8th October they were taken to Inverness where they boarded the train that was to take them on the Grand Highland Railway Journey. This trip took them through the mountains  to the Sunset Shore, terminating at Kyle of Locklash. The journey took them two and a half hours through magnificent scenery. On their arrival at Kyle they boarded the coach and were driven over the Skye bridge and were able to alight simply to say they’d stepped foot on the Isle of Skye. They then headed back stopping off at Downie to enable a photo shoot of Donan Castle.


Friday 9th October, their final day, they were taken into Inverness for some last minute shopping before transferring to the airport for their flight back to Birmingham.











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