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Wow - what an amazing day! We started with a bus ride from Inverness to Drumnadriocht to see Urquardt (pronounced Urk-Art) castle on Loch Ness. They have a fantastic 10 minute movie that runs through 1000 years of history at the site, and afterward we got to roam around the well presented and documented site. Heaven!
From there, we caught a bus on to Fort William at the end of the Great Glen Way. Just as we had walked the first portion on the Inverness side, we spent the afternoon walking the first portion on the Fort William side - up to an old series of locks called "Neptune's Staircase".
oh, by the way - we met up with the Hogwart's Train on the way there. It was deadheading back from taking the kids to London.
After touring the locks, we tried to get a bus home, and while waiting ran into a lovely retired couple from Wales. Seems they had elected to walk there as well, and were as disinclined to walk back as we were. This was our first day carrying the packs all day (changing hostels) and were tired puppies by this point. The bus never came, so we all decided to chip in on a taxi. We had a fun chat with them on the ride back. This is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping would happen on this trip (Zach has probably already blogged about the guy who started chatting with us at a pub yesterday).
The real treat was, after checking into the Ben Nevis Youth Hostel, they recommended the Ben Nevis Inn for dinner. Oh my freakin' god. Restored 300-year-old barn in the middle of sheep pasture, fantastic food (steak with a to-die-for whiskey and peppercorn sauce) and a live trio of British guys doing fantastic bluegrass. Zach and I were in heaven.
This trip is turning out to be everything I had hoped for and more. :)
Our next port of call is Dublin. I am working out the arrangements tonight... It's turning out to be harder than I thought...
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