A mostly sunny day and we left our hotel and headed into Fort William to have a look around and see if we could get a better view of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK.
We called into the Ben Nevis information centre, which is at the foot of a mountain, to ask the young bloke behind the desk where we could get the best view of the mountain.He said that the mountain outside was directly in front of Ben Nevis so it was not visible from the centre so he drew a map as to where we should go.
Armed with his map we drove a couple of miles across the Loch and found the spot. There was some cloud in front of it but we still got some nice pics.
Whilst we were there we met a lady from near Swan Hill in Victoria, who was in Scotland to attend her nephews wedding. He was marrying a Scottish girl in Inverness so she and her husband had come over for a month. She told us all about the wedding where all the men wore kilts. She seemed very happy. Her husband had gone off with another nephew to climb Ben Nevis which was takes 8 hours so she was free to explore Fort Williams and surrounds..
We looked over at the mountain and it appeared that they were going to encounter some cloud about half way up! See pic.
After looking around Fort William we headed off for a one night stay at Inverbeg on the shores of the Bonnie Bonnie banks O' Loch Lomond. We took a few high roads and a few low roads and we were there for check in at about 4pm.
Things were going well until Mick tried to do the blog on their free WiFi which blocked access to Google's blogger web site with the display:
He went down to reception to complain and she had no idea about anything technical and said she would turn the modem of and on again! Yeh, that'll work.
So that's why the blog is late as we also had zero O2 coverage in Inverbeg or Roybridge but the Roybridge.hotel WiFi worked well.
When we left this morning Mick lodged a "How did we do" card with hotel management moaning about it saying that in the 3 months that we have stayed at all manner of B & B's and hotels we have never been blocked from using a web site. (We must admit that there are those that abuse the system as in Pitlochry, Mick was talking to a guy who had to rush off to watch the Rugby on Internet TV using the hotels WiFi.).
We called into the Ben Nevis information centre, which is at the foot of a mountain, to ask the young bloke behind the desk where we could get the best view of the mountain.He said that the mountain outside was directly in front of Ben Nevis so it was not visible from the centre so he drew a map as to where we should go.
Armed with his map we drove a couple of miles across the Loch and found the spot. There was some cloud in front of it but we still got some nice pics.
Whilst we were there we met a lady from near Swan Hill in Victoria, who was in Scotland to attend her nephews wedding. He was marrying a Scottish girl in Inverness so she and her husband had come over for a month. She told us all about the wedding where all the men wore kilts. She seemed very happy. Her husband had gone off with another nephew to climb Ben Nevis which was takes 8 hours so she was free to explore Fort Williams and surrounds..
We looked over at the mountain and it appeared that they were going to encounter some cloud about half way up! See pic.
After looking around Fort William we headed off for a one night stay at Inverbeg on the shores of the Bonnie Bonnie banks O' Loch Lomond. We took a few high roads and a few low roads and we were there for check in at about 4pm.
Things were going well until Mick tried to do the blog on their free WiFi which blocked access to Google's blogger web site with the display:
"Request blocked by WebBlocker"
.He went down to reception to complain and she had no idea about anything technical and said she would turn the modem of and on again! Yeh, that'll work.
So that's why the blog is late as we also had zero O2 coverage in Inverbeg or Roybridge but the Roybridge.hotel WiFi worked well.
When we left this morning Mick lodged a "How did we do" card with hotel management moaning about it saying that in the 3 months that we have stayed at all manner of B & B's and hotels we have never been blocked from using a web site. (We must admit that there are those that abuse the system as in Pitlochry, Mick was talking to a guy who had to rush off to watch the Rugby on Internet TV using the hotels WiFi.).
Ben Nevis viewed from Fort William
Viewed from a different viewpoint
Yeh, as Lyn would say " We've been there..."
Inside our hotel room at the Stronlossit Hotel in Roybridge
Hungry young swallows at the Nevis Range information centre
View of Loch Lomond from the window of our hotel in Inverbeg
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