We travelled to Fort William today from Inverness which is at the other end of Loch Ness, and a bit more. Took us about 1 half hours to get there. It is towards the west coast of the Heelands (its the favourite saying over here) and its claim to fame is it has the tallest mountain in the UK - Ben Nevis right behind it, along with other mountains in the Nevis mountain range. this is it covered in mist!
Its a lovely place, right on anothe loch and has a port for boats and yachts. it is also where the Calodonian canal comes through to after joining up with Loch Ness. We came to it - no, not to climb Ben Nevis!) but to go on a steam train ride through the highlands to a seaport further west. this ride was constantly told to us as a must -do up here , so we did to see what the excitement was all about. Luckily we booked seats from Inverness because all seats were taken!
the main excitement on the trip, apart from the spectacular scenery was .... this was the train, and carriages that were used in Harry Potter movies (think Hogwarts express) and the ride goes over the viaduct you also see in the movies!
They slow down on the viaduct and let you take photos, and there were also people down below on the road taking photos (would've been a great sight) and also up above on the hills taking photos. Felt like celebrities!
When we arrived at Mallaig (sea side town) after 2 hours you had time to look around before the return journey. it was blowing a gale, freezing but I made Dave go down to the seaside port and watch the last ferry across to the outer islands (you can see them in the photos) come in, and go again. Was quite impressed that anyone would actually want to live in this far away place, let alone be based on islands that are at the mercy of the weather!
then another two hours back to Port William. Was very tired at the end of it, after so much travelling but worth the effort I think.
here is some of the scenery of the highlands.
Its a lovely place, right on anothe loch and has a port for boats and yachts. it is also where the Calodonian canal comes through to after joining up with Loch Ness. We came to it - no, not to climb Ben Nevis!) but to go on a steam train ride through the highlands to a seaport further west. this ride was constantly told to us as a must -do up here , so we did to see what the excitement was all about. Luckily we booked seats from Inverness because all seats were taken!
the main excitement on the trip, apart from the spectacular scenery was .... this was the train, and carriages that were used in Harry Potter movies (think Hogwarts express) and the ride goes over the viaduct you also see in the movies!
They slow down on the viaduct and let you take photos, and there were also people down below on the road taking photos (would've been a great sight) and also up above on the hills taking photos. Felt like celebrities!
When we arrived at Mallaig (sea side town) after 2 hours you had time to look around before the return journey. it was blowing a gale, freezing but I made Dave go down to the seaside port and watch the last ferry across to the outer islands (you can see them in the photos) come in, and go again. Was quite impressed that anyone would actually want to live in this far away place, let alone be based on islands that are at the mercy of the weather!
then another two hours back to Port William. Was very tired at the end of it, after so much travelling but worth the effort I think.
here is some of the scenery of the highlands.
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