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I went on a two week holiday in Scotland in early June 1996 with Jason Moffat and Sean Landsman. It was great but we spent too much time driving around. The following is a list of the places we visited in chronological order (An * indicates we stayed at a Youth Hostel):

* Newcastle-upon-Tyne

 

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Given a £20 fine here, as we did not know it was Pay and Display on the bridge.

* Edinburgh

Stayed here for two days.  Spend most of our time Rollerblading on the pavements.

Dunfermline

Sterling

* Loch Lomond

Glencoe

Glen Nevis

of Ben Nevis.

Loch Ossian

We only managed to get within six miles, as we didn't know you have to travel the rest on foot to get to it.

* Loch Lochy

 

Loch Ness

The Youth Hostel was full when we got there, so we had to wait until three days later to return to look for Nessie.

* Ratagan

A Youth Hostel on the banks of Loch Duich near the Isle of Skye.  We went hiking/climbing the Five Sisters (a mountain - to clear up any confusion).  The view was most impressive.

Kyleakin

Isle of Skye

Armadale

* Broadford

* Glenbrittle

The Youth Hostel was at the base of a valley and looked like a double story Log Cabin.  A river ran down one side of the valley and had a series of six waterfalls.  This was the best part of the  whole trip and we could have stayed there longer, but had lots more to see and were running out of time.

Trotternish

 

* Loch Ness

There were no sightings of the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie), but the Loch is a fantastic sight.

Inverness

We weren't very impressed with this, but were apparently there at the wrong time of the year. Inver-, by the way, means River Mouth.  So Inverness is the River Mouth of the Ness, which feeds Loch Ness.  When the River is in full flow, it is really impressive, as it runs through the centre of the town.  The embankment is high enough to prevent flooding.

Perth

 

Sterling

 

* New Lanark

A 200 year old village two miles outside of Lanark, with a river running alongside, used to drive a Steel Mill.

* Alston

This is not in Scotland, but in the Lake District in North England.

The next time I go to Scotland, I would rather spend a couple of days at fewer places, but thoroughly enjoyed this 2000 mile trip.

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