Loch Lomond
Day 6. Friday, May 13, 2022: We leave non-scenic Motherwell and head north, skirting around Glasgow and headed up into the Highlands. We make two short stops in the morning: a quick visit to Glencoyne distillery, with its lovely shop and waterfall, plus plentiful Scottish bluebells, and the picturesque village of Luss, thought to be the prettiest town in the country, located on the banks of beautiful Loch Lomond. Look for the note affixed to one of the doors in the village.
Continuing north, our lunch stop, the Drovers Inn in Inverarnan, was built in 1705. This appears to be a popular local watering hole, and we have a back room all to ourselves…as long as you don’t count all the taxidermied animals looming overhead. As we continue further north, the landscape (and weather) changes dramatically. We leave rolling green hills and enter dramatic mountain landscapes with moors covered in seemingly-dead dark heather. Rain and wind buffet the vans. We stop at the Three Sisters mountains in Glencoe, intending on a hike to the Lost Valley, but we content ourselves with just a short trek as the cold wind and rain is inhospitable.
We push on in the vans, marveling at the snow-capped mountains, and arrive finally at Fort William. We enjoy a wee dram in the hotel bar (on the house!) to warm up.
