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Highland Aviation Museum

21 August 2011 / General, Photography, Travel / Inverness, iPhone photography, planes

On the recommendation of the owner of the Highflight bookshop in Dingwall we decided to visit this small museum run by enthusiasts.

It is excellent – plenty to see with many planes and cockpits you can get inside. There are a range of exhibits in the buildings including one about early Scottish island aviation.

If you choose to come be prepared; once you get to Inverness Airport there are no signs! We went into the airport and had to 3-point turn out of there, but then we found a sign to the industrial park and then the museum. (The local council had removed the signs as part of their preparations for the Open Golf Championships – this is what the staff told me.). So get details from their site below before setting out.

www.highlandaviationmuseum.org.uk

Nimrod MR2 – XV254

Valiant B (K) Mk. 1 – XD875

English Electric Lightning F.1A – XM169

Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 – XK532

Tornado GR1 – ZA362

Handley Page Herald – G-ASVO

Jet Provost T4 – XS176

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Great Glen Way

Having dropped Jeremy and his friend off in Inverness, so they can spend some money, I am doing a few fast miles along the River Ness using some of the Great Glen Way path.

River Ness, Inverness

Before setting off I quickly checked out the two largest outdoor stores in the city centre. I still need a waterproof case for my iPhone, transparent on. both sides so I can use the camera – I could have got an Aquapac,but as the previous PVC free model I got has deteriorated, so much I cannot read the screen of my iPhone through it anymore I did not want to waste my money. So it looks like for my overnight backpack trip tomorrow I will be using a zip lock food bag to protect the iPhone from the rain whilst taking photos.

I would have bought a new pack for tomorrows trip – but I have my heart set on a Golite Jam and I could not find one. There were several rucksack special offers that almost tempted me but I had to keep reminding myself that the Jam weighs less than 900g!