Day 17, Sat 15th Oct 2011

From Fearn to Glencaple.

Sue & I were up dressed and had the car packed before Mike had even stirred! When he eventually rose we all had breakfast, finished packing the car and were on the road about 0830. Sat-nav took us on the back roads so as to miss Inverness and we arrive by the side of Loch Ness at Drumnadrochit to pick up the A82, the road we wanted to follow most of the way to Glasgow, via Fort William.

1st picture is Sue overlooking Loch Ness. The rain had stopped just long enough for a photo shoot!

We stopped for coffee about 1100 before continuing to Fort William for lunch. Oh Mike and Sue did get a very definite sighting of a Hooded Crow, we had seen ones that I had spotted but as usual my eyes were a lot quicker than theirs! Makes up a bit for my ears then, I hear you say, perhaps HAHA! Mike also saw Ben Nevis for a short time (also his first time) before it was once again shrouded in cloud. After lunch we continued on down what I consider to be the most picturesque road in all of the British Isles and that is the A82 from Fort William to Glasgow. It takes in Glen Coe and then up over the Trossachs and all along the side of Loch Lomond. When we got near to the bottom of the Loch I thought it was about time Mike had a drive, well we were nearing Glasgow ha ha! The road became quite boring for the most of the rest of the journey and in a services I took the helm again (south of Glasgow of course) as I knew my way through Dumfries to the next venue, via Tesco for supplies.

We arrived in good time for tea at "Martha Shaw Cottage" making ourselves well at home in this far superior, to the last one, accomodation.
These 2 pictures show the cottage and then relaxing in the late afternoon sun!