Loch Ness

Introduction

On Sunday, we took a coach from Inverness Bus Station to a boat on the Caledonian Canal, which then took us via the Canal and River Ness to the Loch.

These are my impressions of what I thought, with some photographs of the trip.

Loch Ness

I found out that Loch Ness is the biggest body of water in the British Isles, though not the deepest, that is Loch Morar:

The volume of water in Loch Ness is 1.8 cubic miles, and all the water in all the rivers, lakes, and lochs would barely half fill Loch Ness:

That means that if Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, does exist, it has plenty of places to hide from human searchers. There is a guy who lives on the Loch who looks for Nessie every day.

Above, I am on the boat waiting to set off.

When you are on the Loch, you are aware that it is very deep. We had a fine day, and the boat was smooth, and our guide told us about the various places that we passed on the shore as we sailed toward our destination, Urquhart Castle:

Two of the impressive houses and a boathouse as well.

There were lots of views of this massive body of water, and the little sticky up heads are not Nessie but buoys.

Coming into Urquhart Castle, it is a ruin but one of the most visited in Scotland.

They also have a fully working trebuchet, built by American archaeologists over twenty years ago:

There was a willow pig and a cow sculpture on the way to the visitor centre, as well as a robin that posed for photographs:

Looking at the Loch from the other direction.

Once we were off the boat, it was a coach journey back to Inverness after a very pleasant and interesting journey.

Conclusion

I will probably be back later in the year, but I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and links I shared in this piece.

Thank you so much for reading.

The music is "Water Beastie" from "Rock Drill" by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.