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Miss Poppy

Nessie hunting!!

Hi everyone!!

Well we couldn't come all the way to Scotland without going to look for ol Nessie!

We hit the road from Edinburgh, it was a stunning drive! Rolling green hills on your left, your right, in front of you and also in the rearview mirror. This started Mum's new hobby of taking photos in the car. Click click click click click click....

We made a stop at Tesco on the way.. The "Free From" range is super! You name it they have a wheat/dairy free version of it!! We parked and got out of the car but I couldn't figure out how to turn off the TomTom and we were in the door and it was really loud saying "turn around when possible"... Haha...

We drove north west up to Fort Augustus, which is at the base of the Loch Ness. There were so many amazing old buildings, and lots of awesome farm animals hanging out together-sheep n' cows in perfect harmony!

Driving alongside the different lochs was really beautiful... The water looked amazing! It was all very much postcard perfect.

We stayed in a fantastic B&B called Abbey Cottage. I highly recommend it if you are ever in the nighbourhood! It was so pretty, clean and well let's just say it ruined me- no other B&B will ever live up this place! The boys who run it were really helpful, and we made the most of our time there.

We got there late at night (but of course it is daylight until 10.30pm so that doesn't mean so much?) and we had a good sleep, in preparation for Nessie hunting the next day!

Woke up, and first of all went for a cruise down the Loch Ness- so very pretty! The water looks black which was very surprising! The captain of the boat reminded me of an Irish version of my uncle Gary! Great story teller. He (the Captain, not Gary) is a believer, and said that they keep up the myth of Nessie to protect the truth, that the Loch is full of little sea horses (just like you could buy in Archie comics in the 80s woohoo!!).....

Did you know... That the Loch Ness contains more fresh water than than all the other lakes in England and Wales combined! And that it is estimated that the entire world population could fit in there- TIMES TEN! I didn't know these things... All very interesting!

We went for a drive up to Drumnadrochit and checked out the weakly touristy centers and museums... I loved the myths as much as the myth busting. However the only Nessie we saw was a bunch of stuffed look-a-likes in souvenir shops!

The drive was so lovely, Mum took thousands of photos... And made lots of comments about the narrow roads- little did we know that it was nothing at all compared to the next leg of our adventure!

For the sake of my nephew Jude who loves his dinosaurs.... Nessie is a probably a plesiosaur, and must have survived the ice age. The Loch Ness is so big it doesn't even freeze in winter!! More for the mystery!!!

All in all, so very glad we went there... Fabulous! Photos coming soon! :)

miss P