It feels like going to Scotland is an annual pilgrimage at the rate I seem to go. I'm ok with that.
2024's occasion was for a mate's 40th birthday. We flew into Inverness and spent 3.5 days in the Cairngorms. Somewhere I have driven through on the way to other regions but never really spent time in. It was long overdue!
We booked a cosy wood cabin in the town of Carrbridge. Well located for accessing the woods.
You can't go to Scotland and not visit a distillery (or a few) for a few drams of whisky. Over the weekend we did:
- Distillery Tour at Glenfarclas
- Tasting at Aberlour
- Speyside Distillery shop in Aviemore
- Tasting at Tomatin
Some fun wides from my Insta 360
We were treated to some rare great weather whilst there. Making walking around the town of Aberlour and along the river Spey a treat.
On the Sunday we drove to Cairngorm Mountain for a walk. Parking at the Mountain Railway we followed a path further up. Beautiful day for it with the weather doing everything from sunshine to rain to snow. We stopped at the below point before returning.
I have been to Scotland many times, but never tried fishing. One of the days we spent the day fly fishing on a loch. The weather was wild, varied, beautiful and made for a great day in nature.
Even succeeded in catching a rainbow Trout!
