Travel · 10 April 2023
Doune Castle - Stirling Castle - Basel
The Scotland trip ends royally: Doune Castle from Game of Thrones and Monty Python, imposing Stirling Castle, and our last 14.43 pounds spent at the airport.
Scotland
Scotland welcomed us with pubs and live music, then refused to let go with castles, cliffs and lonely single-track roads through the Highlands.
From Edinburgh via Dunnottar Castle, Loch Ness and the Whaligoe Steps to the Isle of Skye, the Glenfinnan Viaduct and Glen Etive: here are all posts from our Scotland road trip, including the first nervous kilometres of driving on the left.
Photo spots in Scotland
Posts from Scotland
Glen Etive, Scotland · 56.6296° N · 4.9214° W
Travel · 9 April 2023
Glen Etive
A day in the Skyfall valley: recreating the Bond and M film photo, the narrow road through Glen Etive, and a farm in Auchtubh with a gift of Canasta.
Glenfinnan Viaduct, Scotland · 56.8763° N · 5.4312° W
Photography · 8 April 2023
Glenfinnan Viaduct
The Jacobite Steam Train, the Hogwarts Express, steaming across the Glenfinnan Viaduct, plus Loch Shiel aka The Black Lake and the return run at dusk.
Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland · 57.2739° N · 5.5164° W
Travel · 7 April 2023
Eilean Donan Castle - Old Man of Storr
The picture-book castle of Eilean Donan, a clipped wing mirror on the way, and the windy hike to the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye.
Travel · 6 April 2023
Oldshoremore - Stoer Lighthouse - Ullapool
Oldshoremore Beach raging in the wind, single-track roads to Stoer Lighthouse with a truck ahead and a sheep behind, and an aperitif in Ullapool.
Dunrobin Castle, Scotland · 57.9822° N · 3.9453° W
Travel · 5 April 2023
Dunrobin Castle - Whaligoe Steps - Duncansby - Kinlochbervie
A marathon through Scotland's far north: Dunrobin Castle, the Whaligoe Steps, John o' Groats and the cliffs of Duncansby, with neither orcas nor puffins.
Dunnottar Castle, Scotland · 56.9459° N · 2.1972° W
Travel · 4 April 2023
Johnshaven - Golspie
Dunnottar Castle on its cliffs, Highland cows by the roadside, and a hunt for a sharp photo of Nessie that ends in the tourist trap of Urquhart Castle.
Old Town, Edinburgh · 55.9486° N · 3.1912° W
Travel · 3 April 2023
Edinburgh - Johnshaven
Edinburgh with pubs, stone houses and bagpipers, then the first nervous kilometres driving on the left and the 3000-year-old Standing Stones of Lundin.
Travel · 2 April 2023
Basel - Edinburgh
The Scotland trip begins with an evening flight, the castle lit above the city, local beer, two single malts and a pub where everyone ends up dancing.