Write and Peak: Scotland: Day 3: Part 1: By Yon Bonnie Banks...

Glenfinnan Loch: Landing of the Bonnie Prince

Instagram Post: September 2, 2017

Day 3: On the Bonnie Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond. The most picturesque of days. From the lowlands to the highlands of Scotland. Glen Coe ⇢ The 3 Sisters Mountains ⇢ Fort William ⇢ Harry Potter viaduct in Glenfinnan ⇢ boarded a ferry to the Isle of Skye. HIGHLIGHT: seals swimming! Eilean Donan Castle⇢ drink in the local pub⇢ the quirky & quaintest hotel with the BEST views.

{Note to self}If you’re going on a trip, try and write as much about it as soon as you can! I wrote little excerpts from our excursions when we got into bed at night, but now looking back, I wish I would have written more. With that being said, I was pretty exhausted as soon as my head hit the pillow.

I’m breaking up into two parts. We just did too much to cover in one blog post. And this was one of my favorite days.

Loch Lomond was carved by a glacier. It’s 620 feet at its deepest. I know that Loch Ness seems to get all the publicity because of Nessie, but Loch Lomond was far superior (in my mind). The mist was rising that morning as we arrived and it just added to the mystic element that is already Scotland.

Loch Lomond

On our way into the highlands we listened to the story of the Glencoe Massacre, that could be something straight out Game of Thrones (I think George R.R.Martin got a lot of help from history). Driving through it and listening to how Clan MacDonald were slaughtered in their own home by Clan Campbell, who took advantage of their hospitality.

And then we stopped for a picture of the Three Sister Mountains. The story is also an interesting one and closely related to the Glencoe Massacre. I love this poem about the myths that surrounded these mountains.

We continued down the “Road to the Isles” to Glenfinnan and stopped for ice cream (which I ate every day) and the Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Harry Potter viaduct. Until the arrival of the most famous wizard and ride to school, Glenfinnan was most notorious for the landing of the Bonnie Prince Charlie and the start of the 1745 Jacobite rising. The monument which stands there today is to commemorate the lives that were lost during the Jacobite uprising.