From Scotland

After 3 lovely warm sunny days, today is cool and damp hence we are in Inverness catching up on emails and soon to have a lunch at a 1 Michelin * restaurant.

We are staying in a beautiful little National Trust cottage in the grounds of Brodie Castle - 1/2 an hour along the coast.   It is a beautiful area - fabulous coastline with golden sandy beaches and then inland to the Cairngorms - dramatic highlands. 

Yesterday we took a steam train from Aviemore to Broomhill - the station called Glenbogle in Monarch of the Glen - we loved the scenery in that show so got to see it for ourselves yesterday.  We finished the day with a tour and tasting at the Glenfiddich Distillery - one of Phil's favourite drams.  All in all a good day.

Plenty to do here - later this week we'll take a boat along Loch Ness and do some more coastal walks.  Then Saturday we take a bus to Oban, then a ferry to Mull then a bus across Mull then a ferry to Iona where we stay for the next week.