The wonderful part of traveling by car, is one can stop and look...

Auchgourish

Aviemore Coo

Ballachulish

Dalnaspidal

Drumnadrochit (my favourite place)

on the road to Fort Augustus

Loch Morlich

Loch Ness, Fort Augustus

on the road to Loch an Eilein 

on the road to Nethy Bridge

It is very hard to stay in bed when I wake to snow

And then dawn had broken and the sun touched the land

Where did I stay? 

Tealaggan Cottage

Do visit the gallery...

Inchmore Gallery

Even after two days of castles and Scottish Highlands, nothing could have prepared me for the still beauty of Loch an Eileen

My photographs do not come near the beauty of the space and the wonder of standing amongst the trees

Where did I go?

Loch an Eilein

Cairngorm is high, and cold, and covered in snow. 

I ran out, took photographs, ran back in, defrosted my fingers and started again! 

It was beautiful and I loved every minute. 

Yup... this is how cold...

The weather at the bottom was so still and beautiful

and then onto Urquhart Castle

Although this looks sunny, do not be misled, it was freezing...

Urquhart Castle is on Loch Ness and near my favourite town, Drumnadrochit.

There is a lovely short film at the Castle's centre, don't miss it as there is a dramatic finish which takes one's breath away!

Where did I go?

Cairngorm Mountain

Great for skiing

Urquhart Castle

Make sure to check it is open, they have to close when it snows

Where did I stay?

The Bothy, Nethy Bridge