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Wednesday 4 May, with a detour to Beauly

Scotland 2005 - part I

Elisabeth & Teije
2006-08-27 09:36:13

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of the car: it is not only sunny wheater, but also very warm, or at least warm enough to sit outside in the sun to have a break at the Tap Inn. It is 18 degrees Celsius and we feel like we have come home.

Birnam is a typically Scottish village, with many old houses with small turrets and many curves, made of all kinds of colourful stones. It has something cosy, and also something old, one can still feel the history of the place being present. But the village isn't very old, it only started to flourish when a railway station was build here.

It is not a big town and we walk through it within half an hour, but it is worth a visit, as so many other places in Scotland. It feels a bit like walking through the past, and one can understand the nostalgia that quite a few Scotsmen also have.

Since we have plenty of time, we leave the A9 to Inverness, the shortest and easiest way, but drive along Loch Laggan towards Fort William, and then on the A82 to the north. That way we also pass the gate lodge of Ardverikie Castle again, where we have stayed a few days a couple of years ago. But this time no photo, we have made enough allready of it. We follow the twisting roads which are getting narrower all the time and we enjoy the nature around us and the unexpected nice weather.

At Drumnadrochit, along Loch Ness, we turn left and take the steep road that leads directly to Beauly, through an inhospitable area with very nice views. We have probably said it thousand times before, but we are totally in love with Scotland!

Around 7 we arrive at Beauly where we are enthousiastically are welcomed by our friends Iain and Cathy of the Caledonian Hotel. Well, Iain arrives a bit later, he has been fishing and we can see on his face he hasn't been very successful. In the pub we meet more people who we have seen regularly in the last few years. We stay in the same room as the last 5 years, our second home, so to say. After a short rest we get a good meal and we stay up late, talking and enjoying our company.

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