We got up super early, at least for being on vacation. We hit the road a little after 7. Although the sun seems to come up about 3:30 around here 7 is still too early. Anyway, small road trip down to a town called Fort Williams. To get here we had to drive down a lot of single track road with small passing pull outs. We also gotta see the full setup for the RockNess concert weekend starting Friday. Camp spots, mini store, concert stage, Ferris wheel. Seems like they got it all. Anyway at fort Williams we hopped on a train that took us to the west coast of Scotland. Real nice two hour ride over great scenery. The train and its path was used in a number of the Harry potter movies. We saw the fancy bridge as well as walked thru all the cars and got to see the closet cars. Although we were not cool enough to sit in those seats.
When the train stopped we had 2 hours to see the town of Mallaig. We walked around a bit but mostly went and grabbed lunch. For lunch we took the plunge And ordered some haggis. Surprise surprise it's actually pretty good, or at least what they served was..
On our way back we stopped at a castle, it still had its outer walls and you can see the remnant's of the old moat which used the river water diverted to get filled in. It would have been very impressive in its day.
The only other exciting thing for the day was back at the apartment. Across from the apartments there's a field and it had a horse and her new calf. The calf was 3 days old and very curious. It came up to meet us with no issue and then ran around playing while it looked at us.
The only other exciting thing for the day was back at the apartment. Across from the apartments there's a field and it had a horse and her new calf. The calf was 3 days old and very curious. It came up to meet us with no issue and then ran around playing while it looked at us.
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