My journey towards Highlands started from the capital of Scotland, Edinburg By train until Glasgow then by tourist van Highlands have lots of lakes, rivers, grasslands and mountains Can see the sheep grazing on the grasslands and blue river while passing through Rannoch Moor Trees are rare here Highlands, the place of Gaels is very sparsely populated Macdonald, Mackenzie, Macleod etc are Scottish Highland clans Even-though we are visiting some of the tourist attractions in Highlands The views from the van itself is so beautiful So that I am taking the video throughout the travel Going first to Eilean Donan castle, appeared in the movie Highlander People dressed up in Middle ages military costumes are guarding the castle entrance, when I reach there Also people with Gaelic costumes are working and living in the tents outside the castle Feels like in the medieval period A group of people live in this castle like in the medieval period during the summer weekends It was built on the island as a defensive measure, protecting the lands of Kintail against the Vikings The name Eilean Donan, or island of Donan, is called after the 6th century Irish Saint, Bishop Donan The castle constructed in 13th century and renovated in 15th century Situated on small tidal island where three sea lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh Loch means lake in Scottish Gaelic language Castle entry is restricted during winter During winter the whole area will be covered in snow A video about the history of the castle is projecting inside the castle It's a long history, so that I am not mentioning it here The view of the Eilean Donan castle from afar is so beautiful The Skye Bridge is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the mainland The name Kyle means Narrow Strait, Channel and is of Scottish origin This bridge is passing through a small 6 acre island of Eilean Bàn We reached Isle of Skye after passing the Skye bridge After a long journey, now we are at Mealt lake Mealt waterfall created from the outflow of Loch Mealt and falling to the sea This is the viewpoint to watch The Old Man of Storr on a rocky hill The Storr The pinnacle on that rocky hill is known as The Old Man of Storr Going to Dun Beag Broch in Isle of Skye after seeing Mealt falls and The Old Man of Storr Dun Beag is an iron-age broch located on a hill in the Struan village situated between Dunvegan and Sligachan A broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland The original interpretation of brochs was that they were defensive structures We are walking towards the Broch from the Parking lot The view from the top of the hill is spectacular Can see the surrounding green grasslands and small islands from the broch This one is Broch The ruins of the broch constructed in Iron age are protected national heritages The small white dots seeing below are herd of sheep Going down after seeing the views from the Broch Scotland is famous for distillery and single malt whiskies Talisker distillery is an Island single malt Scotch whisky distillery based in Isle of Skye Loch Harport in front of Talisker distillery filled with fishing boats Remaining journey is to find the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as “Nessie” Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area Due to its great depth, it is the largest by volume in the British Isles Nessie is a cryptid in cryptozoology and Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness with a number of disputed photographs and sonar readings The most famous photograph was taken by Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London gynaecologist it was published in the Daily Mail on 21 April 1934, known as surgeons photograph It had been described as fake in a 7 December 1975 Sunday Telegraph article It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one or more humps protruding from the water.
River cruising in search of Nessie from Fort Augustus village situated on the south west of Loch Ness Cruise have sonar detector in case to detect Nessie Cruise guide is explaining about the fishes found in this lake Most of the shops here are selling the models of Nessie But in these models you can see a cute Nessie instead of a monster Nessie Loch Ness trip ended without the appearance of Nessie From here towards the south Laggan and Grampian mountain ranges then through the victorian town Pitlochry to Edinburg By that time the clear blue sky turns into cloudy Rain, that can be expected anytime in Scotland started pouring See you next time with a new video.