1. 75 degrees is very hot in Edinburgh.
It's amazing how hot mid-70's feels when your baseline has adjusted to 50 and windy. Our Dundonian cab driver described the weather while we were away as "a scorcher" (no lie), probably meaning in the 70's.
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| Audrey atop the Nelson Monument |
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| Heat requires ice cream. Real Italian ice cream. |
2. Inverness is lovely, and has a beautiful park and playground for kids (Whin Park)
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| Walking along the River Ness |
3. Sometimes the city decides to open the bridge across the Caldonian Canal right by your hotel for 2 hours, without any warning, at 8 pm.
Fortunately, there is a footbridge. Unfortunately, it is a kilometer away, "just around the bend."
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| Our hotel is JUST across that canal |
4. Urquhart Castle by Loch Ness is a ruin because its owner, loyal to William & Mary, blew it up himself on the way out the door rather than wait to be sacked by the Jacobites who were not loyal to the English crown.
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| Urquhart Castle with Loch Ness behind |
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5. Super Bear was born to be a medieval knight.
6. Despite kids books promising that Nessie will come by the say hello, she actually is scared away by all the tour boats. This does not stop your 6-year-old from looking for tell-tale bubbles.
7. The scenery driving up to the rural highlands in Gairloch is beautiful, and the roads are very narrow and windy.
8. Glamping is not so bad, except for the occasional swarms of midges (imagine a cross between a gnat and a mosquito - swarm-y and bite-y)
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| Our wigwam |
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| View across campground to sea |
9. Beaches are still great, even if it's too cold to swim for more than a few minutes
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| Lots of stones on the beach = sculpture! |
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| Low tide |
10. If your car breaks down in the rural highlands, you're really glad you're covered by RAC (similar to American Automobile Association) for a tow all the way back to Dundee
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| Our trip from Gairloch to Inverness, our blue car on the back |
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