Next stop was at Pitlochry for lunch, it is a small town. So Carmen and I grabbed some food from the supermarket and walked down to the river/dam to look at the salmon ladder allowing the to get around the hydro-station. We saw a couple, ate our lunch and jumped back on the bus. Had some more whiskey.

Few small stops later, we found ourselves at Killiecrankie, the first large victory 1689 Jacobite Rebellion, this was a rebellion against the newly appointed King (the Dutch) William of Orange. Outnumbered 2 or 3 to 1 the Scottish Jacobites rolled over the English regulars using some the layout of the land to their advantage. Unfortunately their leader Viscount Dundee died in the battle and the army lost momentum. After a look about, we got back on the bus and drank some more whiskey.

We arrived to the almighty Loch Ness late in the afternoon, the Loch holds enough water to submerge the entire UK in a foot of water. Keeping an eye for Nessy, we squinted at every floating stick, ripple or rock which showed its self on the surface of the loch. At this point the tour guide started to press a little pressure on us to go for a plunge into the Loch. It is cold, it is nearly winter, and did I mention it was cold? He started going on about you will only be here once and …. A bit of pressure and to much whiskey through the day, the majority of the bus stripped down and jumped into Lock Ness. At this point I would like to note, that Carmen did not go in. Chicken :+)

After our swim, we quickly rushed around the corner to Inverness to our hostel to get changed and warm. Hit a couple of pubs and get a feed. I tried the local speciality. Haggis! It isn’t anything special really and just tastes and feels like dry meatloaf. We couldn’t not take a photo of the condom vending machine in one of the Scottish pubs, Whiskey flavoured! At the time, it was very amusing. And that concluded day one.