Scottish Highlands

We returned from our trip to the Scottish highlands last night. It was a lovely trip although the weather was not always the best. We travelled over on the Stena Line HSS ferry early on Monday and then met Dodds coach at Stranraer. We stopped off at Ayr and Perth on the journey up to our hotel at Carrbridge, near Inverness. Parts of the village were used in the filming of the "Monarch of the Glen " TV series. This interesting bridge was just across the river from the hotel.
We visited Drumnadrochit where there is a Lough Ness Centre and outside, the inevitable "monster" - albeit a plastic one! How disappointing when I expected to see the real thing!
On Wednesday we had a lovely trip on the Jacobite steam train from Inverness to Mallaig. It was a round trip of 84 miles. One particularly good part was going over the Glenfiddich viaduct.
Mallaig is a small fishing village looking out to the Hebrides.





Not far from Ben Nevis we visited the famous Commando Memorial in memory of the members of that elite regiment who died during World War 2.

Good growth

My garden is doing really well now. Keeping the rabbits at bay is the biggest struggle. They are very fond of the cauliflower plants and also the strawberries. Luckily they don't seem to like the broad beans or the potatoes. We have been using the lettuce and green onion tops already.
In this dry weather I try to give them plenty of water.