The Travellers

On Saturday, May the 4th, my brother’s family and I traveled to Fort William for a 3 day weekend. Fort William is on the northwest side of Scotland. The northwest side of Scotland gets a lot more rain than the rest of Scotland. It was sunny in Dunfermline when we left. Of course it was rainy in Fort William when we arrived.

A dam near Pitlochry

Cara on a footbridge near Pitlochry

We had lunch at the Grog & Gruel in Fort William. Jim and I had cask beers. One of the beers was an IPA. It had the IPA smell. Thankfully, it did not have the IPA taste. IPA’s that are cask beers were not bad. The IPA’s in the US are horrible as far as I’m concerned. The one’s I had in Scotland were not bad.

Carter and Jim at the Grog & Gruel.  More importantly the cask beers.

Me

After lunch we went for a walk at Neptune’s Staircase. Neptune’s Staircase is a series of locks on the Caledonian Canal. The canal connects Fort William with Inverness. It is 60 miles long. We just walked the locks and tiny portion of the canal.

Neptune’s Staircase

Carter

Gorse bushes along the Caledonian Canal

Tunnel under the Caledonian Canal

We visited the Ben Nevis Trailhead that evening. Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Britain.

My favorite niece

My favorite nephew

To be continued...