Today was the day when everything cost more than expected. Started with the bus to Urquhart Castle - was put on a Citylink bus instead of the cheaper Inverness City bus. Nevertheless, the scenery around Loch Ness is very pretty, lots of hills dotted with sheep and woodland. Urquhart Castle was neat, somehow moreso because it's all in ruins, unlike Stirling and Edinburgh.
Walked from the castle into Drumnadrochit, home of various Nessie paraphernalia. Very pleasant walk. In a shop, bumped into two Welsh ladies I had chatted to at the bus station in Inverness, who highly recommended a Nessie exhibition thing. I went, and it was the worst 5 pounds I ever spent. Blegh.
Stopped at a bakery for lunch, spent 4 pounds on a bloody ham sandwich. Went back to Inverness, got the train to Glasgow. Stressed about not having a room booked. Ended up in a giant place in an almost private room (four beds with ensuite). Am happy at end of a long and expensive day.
Almost forgot - the train from Inverness to Glasgow had the Scottish scenery I'd been hoping for - craggy peaks, rolling moorland, fields of purple heather. I could almost see Kate Bush spinning around, rattling on about Cathy and Heathcliff, even though that's Yorkshire, not Scotland.
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