We drove to Glenurquhart Forest using the A833, rather than via Inverness, as the day was good enough to get the hood down on the MX-5 and it is a much more exciting drive.
Once there it was a great place to walk, have our lunch, brew some tea and we scored several caches as well.
We did drive back along Loch Ness.
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We got out walking today and so we did not waste the good weather we stayed local.
We decided to use geocaching to plan the route so the first stop was Tollie Red Kites – where we did see Red Kites and a weasel.
Tollie Red Kites
a grainy photo of the weasel
We also drove out to Knock Farril – a site of an ancient hill fort.
The view from Knock Farril
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The weather was so good that we got the hood down on the MX-5.
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I got out early to walk the city walls to score some geocaches before things got too busy.
The wall walk is a great way to see the city, but you do need a head for heights and a sure foot when passing on coming pedestrians on the narrow sections with no railings!
Oakham Castle and Parish Church
Oakham Castle Gate
I found the geocache that was near the church, but the rain stopped any further caching.
Stocks at The Butter Cross
It was not all town walking I did head out into the countryside and found somewhere suitable for a tea break.
Spent the day on my own – no talking!
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It is a great day – I am walking the Speyside Way and geocaching, looking for a good place for lunch.
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I got a train into Inverness today, for some present shopping and geocaching.
One of the geocaches led me to a landmark I’d not seen before – The General’s Well – even though we regularly walk this footpath.
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Looking at the weather forecast for the week today looks like to coldest day I will have – it was 1c when I went out at about 11am. It does not look like I will see any snow this trip – except this in Colchester last week.
I headed out to walk in the forest near Inverdruie and to get a geocache that the boys and I walked past last summer.
Here it is
It was easy today to find somewhere quiet to set up for lunch.
I wrote this whilst watching the Falcons playing Green Bay in the NFC Championship game – the Falcons and Matt Ryan have controlled the first half. I have my iPod hooked into the TV with the Apple HDMI adaptor, I also packed a 1m HDMI cable. Glad I am not at last week’s Hapimag Bowness timeshare as the wifi there was nearly nonexistent. I could not use my NFL Game Pass live there, I had to avoid the scores and downloaded the games offsite on better wifi. The wifi here at Scandinavian Village is great.
Here comes the second half.
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