16th July 2009

Ugh I feel ill this morning, we ate too much last night, three courses and I've felt sick all night.  Can't face food today.  We went to the restaurant last night but not the one opposite the camp.  We walked up the road for a bit and found a hotel restaurant and the food was very good.  We got chatting to some people there including a girl with a gorgeous collie puppy which sat and begged for food from her. Collies are so intelligent aren't they?  He's only about ten weeks old and was already learning tricks.  Mind you he did disgrace himself by peeing on the floor, bless him.

We left the campsite and drove up through the highlands on our way to Loch Ness, which was to be our next destination.  Ooh. I wonder if we'll see the Monster!  The scenery is stunning in places, mountains, brooks, lakes, forests, really stunning, I love Scotland.  We passed Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Scotland, although we couldn't see much of it because of the mists, and lots of pretty lakes, and finally arrived in Inverness.

Near Glencoe

Approaching Loch Ness

Infamous Loch Ness

 We found a Tesco on an industrial estate and there was also a PC World so Paul bought me a laptop so now we each have our own.  He just has to set it all up for me, which will take him a couple of days.

We then drove back to Loch Ness, and found a site right on the side of the Lake.

Although the location is fantastic, it has the worst facilities we’ve seen in both Europe and the UK.  It's supposed to be five stars, but there are only two toilet blocks, one at each end of the site and they each have only two showers.  So four showers for God knows how many people. It's a good job it's not busy.

Very poor private site at the side of Loch Ness

It was warm when we arrived but in the evening it started to rain.  We sat in the van and watched TV but the electricity failed twice and it took ages for someone from the campsite to come out and fix it.  This seems a typical case of the owners thinking they have a captive market because of the location and not spending any money on the facilities.  We definitely do not recommend this site to anyone.

We thought about leaving tomorrow but we'll try one more night and see if the weather gets any better, if not then we'll press on and find something nicer.