Walking, Water, Working and Whiskey

Saturday 19/9 
This morning we left our accommodation and drove down to the Ness River for a walk. We seem to be making a habit of going for anything up to an hours walk before driving. The River Ness runs through the centre of Inverness and is so clean and clear. We couldn’t believe that people can fly fish in the river so close to the centre of the city. We thought the river was running really well but an angler we spoke to said that this was not so. We walked around the river over footbridges and through some delightful forest and garden areas so close to the city. We saw quite a few people fishing. Afterwards we

drove to the canal area not far from the river. Here we saw about 6 locks, all within about 200m of each other. A small pleasure boat was making it's way through the locks and Rob was most interested. He got talking to one of the 2 lock operators. This fellow explained how everything worked and then let Rob close the sluice gates and lock gates. He was like a little boy with a special toy! After this excitement we made tracks heading down to Edinburgh. I think I mentioned in the blog yesterday how Rob had enjoyed a whiskey or two at the pub and one was a Dalwhinnie whiskey. Well what do you

know, the Dalwhinnie distillery just happened to be on the way to Edinburgh so we just had to stop. We took a tour of the distillery which was brilliant with a very interesting and entertaining lady leading it. It finished with a taste of the whiskey and a chocolate. Rob enjoyed both while I enjoyed the chocolate. Our trip into Edinburgh was uneventful and we have lovely accommodation once again within walking distance of the  famous Royal Mile. We actually walked a small part of it tonight when we went out for dinner. Looking forward to doing it and more tomorrow.