Nessie spotting!

 Wednesday 4th September. Day 18.

Yes we were off to Loch Ness today! First though Dex and I headed for the beach for our morning walk.


As you can see it was particularly busy this morning 🤣







Then further along in the sand dunes we spotted something. Surely it couldn’t be but yes it was a Highland cow!



After our walk we packed up and headed off towards Inverness.



We passed Dunrobin castle again.



Also passed the Broch we had visited yesterday.


























A cormorant was sat on a rock.




Not long after we were crossing the bridge into Inverness.



We wanted to find the out of town Tesco but unfortunately the satnav took us to a store in the city centre where we couldn’t park. It was really busy driving in the city. We pulled over on the edge of the car park exit road, where it was wide enough, and I quickly jumped out, got the few bits we needed and we were on our way again. 








We could see Loch Ness so pulled over into a parking place and had lunch whilst admiring the view.















We could just make out Urquhart Castle in the mist.


We passed the tourist spots with all the hotels and gift shops. 




We arrived at the campsite which was about a mile from the castle.



We decided to walk to the local pub for dinner and saw 3 deer on the way. Bit hard to spot in this photo! 🤣


We had a really nice meal and Dex had a few chips so he was happy too. We walked back to the site and had coffee before bedtime.

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