Friday 28 May 2010

Day 17 Loch Ness to Dingwall 56miles


Urquhart Castle Loch Ness
Ness Islands Inverness

Wet and windy start to the day, so set off early to Urquhart castle just a few miles up the loch, which as it is a ruin we decided not to stay as it was hailing!Stopped at Drumnadrochit to take in the "Loch Ness Experience", which tells the story of the monster hunts over the years. I'm sure if there was a monster it would have popped up to say hello, so I'm on the side of the sceptics!
Went on to Inverness, had to park in Morrisons as all other car parks had height restrictions which was a pain. The areas by the Moray Firth and the Ness river were nice but the rest of the town is unremarkable.
Still raining and hailing!
Got to our site on the outskirts of Dingwall, where our plan was to go into the village for dinner, but it was too wet to bike so we ate in again. The rain did abate a little about 8pm so we walked with Taz into Dingwall to find a nice place for a meal tomorrow. We have a new name for Dingwall - Dingwall the Dump! It is one street of charity shops and take aways - the only place to eat is the pub, which has sky sports, darts competitions etc. We have decided to eat in tomorrow too!!

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