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Mill, Blair Athol |
Blair Athol |
We continued south
along Loch Ness.
The only time we
saw 'Nessie' was in the tourist shops... he wouldn't
show his face for us! At the end of Loch Ness the
We stopped for
coffee at
There in the garden
we saw 2 species of Australian Eucalypts and a flowering Tea Tree, thriving so
far from home.
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After leaving Spean Bridge
we vaguely headed NE, not really sure of directions but eventually at the road
junction near Laggan we had to make the decision so
decided to go south to Pitlochry. We stopped at Blair
Athol along the way after being intrigued by the distant glimpses of a
suspension bridge and
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Blair Athol
itself is a very old village with a working water mill. The suspension bridge, near the beautiful Castle Gatehouse was quite a large pedestrian thoroughfare across a wide river-bed (not much water) onto a very large paddock and eventually onto the highway. |
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On then, to Pitlochry and Donavourd Farm
House bed and breakfast. We knew within minutes of arrival that we wanted to stay more
than one night here. Plenty to see and do around here, lovely
accommodation and hosts. When we mentioned our desire for an old fashioned
home cooked meal, Somersal, our hostess offered to
cook one for just $8
a head. At
dinner we decided to stay on until Friday morning and then travel straight
through to
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Beautiful Pitlochry |
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After dinner, Stephen, our host, offered to scan
some photos and allowed us to type and save the most recent episodes of pour
travel saga. By then it was
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Donavourd Farmhouse |
Looking down River Tummel from Donavourd Farmhouse garden |
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Donavourd Farmhouse Somersal Shepley |