While devouring our abundant Scottish breakfast, we perused local hiking guides. We decided to hike the Quiraing, a mystical rock formation outside of Uig. We hiked from 10:30am to 3pm. Then we drove back to Uig through Staffin following the route Dennis did the day prior on his bike. (more…)
Our Drive
Culloden Sign
Culloden Croft House
After breakfast in Aviemore, we said goodbye to Gail and Peter and headed north to the Culloden Battlefield. We arrived just in time for a 12pm tour, which was very informative and sobering. (more…)
Woke up to windy and rainy weather, so we decided to do a bit of hiking and go for a drive. We drove to Loch Morlich, in the Glenmore Forest Park and bought a hiking map at the visitor’s center. A really nice guy named Allan sold us a map and recommended we give the Ryvoan Hike a whirl. The Ryvoan hike is 4.5 miles and generally takes a couple hours to do. We decided to extend the hike a couple miles by going over the Ryvoan Pass to Loch Gharbh-choire. (more…)
It was the end of our long weekend in Edinburgh. Errin and David would head back home. Dennis and I would drive up to Aviemore. But, not before a nice breakfast at Valvona & Crolla. Dennis had French Toast, Errin got porridge, Dave got an Irish breakfast, and I got an egg sandwich. Everybody enjoyed the food, but my sandwich was quite salty. I thought the Cafe Americano was delicious! (more…)