7 July 2024
Up at 5am and fixed up my duplicate photo problem. I hope.
Made it down to breakfast this morning. We all met up just after 8:40 and were on the bus and on the way by 8:45 to Fort William and the Jacobite steam train and Mallaig.
Arrived at the railway station at 9:30 but because the station was still closed, Angas, our driver took us on a short drive around, so we could see the mountain Ben Nevis.
Once offloaded by Angus, some went and used the loo for 20p. Lois and I went for a walk to the front of the train to take a photo of the steam engine, which is due to depart at 11:15 and it did, right on time.
Stopped at Glenfinnan station for 15 minutes and were off again at 11:20.
Arrived in Mallaig at 12:25. We have until 13:50 to have lunch and check out the town.
Lois & I both bought Calamari and chips and sat outside the cafe to eat them. The chip serving was massive. There were a couple of teens there and one of the girls was swooped by a seagull and dropped her feed of fish and chips. As both Lois and I couldn't finish our meal, we donated the chips to the young girl and then after she had finished her meal another seagull flew over and dropped bird poo on her. I had a packet of disinfectant wipes, so she used a few of them to clean the mess up. She had a good attitude and thought it was a great story to tell her school friends.
We were all picked up by Angus and were then driven to the Glenfinnan visitor centre. Arrived there at 2:25pm. so we had plenty of time to walk to a view point and waited until the train came through at 3:15ish. Managed to get a video of it. We then walked back to the bus and departed for the hotel at 3:30ish.
We passed through Fort William around 4pm. The Neptunes Staircase is less than 5 minutes away. The weather today has again been lovely Brilliant sunshine most of the time. Still a cool wind blowing but if you get out of the wind, with the sun shining, its perfect.
For the most part, the scenery is spectacular. Unfortunately you can't see it as much as we would like, because the trees keep blocking the view from the road.
We made a quick stop at the Glencoe Visitors Centre, before continuing on back to the hotel, where we arrived at 5:20.
Dinner was at 7pm tonight and I didn't take any photos of it. :)
After dinner we had a Whisky tasting and my preference is the Highland Whisky from Kirkwall. :)
Will try and get some photos posted tonight before going to bed. We depart here tomorrow, heading to Inverness.
EDITED: 6,518 steps today.
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