Near Inverness we visited two places important in Scottish history. First the battlefield of Culloden. The Battle of Culloden occurred 16 April 1746, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart, “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” was decisively defeated by a British government force commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, ending the Jacobite rising of 1745 and any hope of the return of the Stewarts to the throne of Scotland. The field is a large moor and crisscrossed by walking paths. Stones to indicate mass grave by clan and a large stone cairn memorial are the only monuments. There is also a tiny section of a wall that stood here and a small house used as a field hospital. The VC is huge and I am sure very informative but we chose to simply walk the grounds. It was a simply battle to understand and lasted less than an hour. Next on the agenda was a drive to Dores, a very small village at the head of the Loch Ness. It was charming. We ate well from a local food truck, had ice cream for dessert and to make amends walked a long way on a woodland road along the loch. Jill and I went “off path” and found a nice spot along the loch where we just sat for a spell. Beautiful scenery abounds. I also photographed the “monster” so ended that controversy.
This man has been looking for 34 years living in this converted mobile library - full time!
All you needed was some chocolate donuts to lure him in.