Cawdor Castle
Culloden Moor Battlefield
Kessock Bridge Inverness
It was nice this morning not to have to pack the cases into the car. Set off around 9.30am for a short drive to Cawdor Castle home of Campbell of Cawdor. It is the current home of the Dowager Countess of Cawdor who lives in the castle but moves to the Dower House each summer so that the castle can be open. The castle has lovely gardens which you are able to walk around and you can also tour many rooms inside the castle. The castle dates back to the 1400s and as such it is not a cosy place to live. Lots of awkward staircases, low doorways and it looked hard to heat. None of us hankered to live there.
Our next stop was Clava Cains an ancient burial site from the Bronze Age. Really just rocks formed into large graves but we heard some Americans say it was not unlike Stonehenge. Hit the road again and were at Culloden Moors Battlefield before we knew it. The men walked the battlefield while the ladies walked the gift shop.
It was a short trip then to Inverness where we had lunch and a quick look around. Decided we needed some time out from sightseeing so headed back at about 3.30pm to our lodgings in Nairn for a lazy afternoon.
We have a big day ahead tomorrow as we travel south to Stirling.
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