The Week In Inverness-shire October 8-14

Following the wedding our Bruces and Herman families spent a week in the Cairngorm National Park, a beautiful area of the central Scottish Highlands near Inverness. The Cairngorm is one of the tallest peaks in Scotland and the focus of winter skiing. We took the funicular (vertical train) up the mountain and spent a beautiful day just enjoying the outdoors. It was cold!
We took a cruise on Loch Ness (what's that in the water!?!) Lovely, still and dark...what could it be hiding?
That's Urquhart Castle behind us. We saw it only from the boat; perhaps we'll go back.






In 1746 a terrible battle took place at Culloden that essentially brought an end to the Highland and Clan way of life. Visiting Culloden is quite sobering and sad. It is marked by this monument and has scattered rocks bearing the names of the various clans involved.






This small peasant's house standing at the edge of the battlefield was there before the battle and somehow survived. They've kept it as a museum-piece for learning what life was like in the 18th century. Really interesting!