Highlands 2 • Scotland
Fancy searching for Nessie in Loch Ness?
Or seeing the famous spot where the Harry Potter train goes over that bridge?
Maybe you want to make a drive around one of the most beautiful spots in all of Scotland?
Perhaps you want to visit a few gorgeous castles?
Or maybe you want to spend some time at the far northern reaches of the mainland of Great Britain and take in sea views and some lovely beaches?
This episode on the Northern Highlands of Scotland is jam-packed with so many destinations and sites that you will be adding more places to your Scottish bucket list. I certainly have!
Bo Fraser, a Blue Badge guide with the Scottish Tourist Guides Association, returns as our guest. And she is going to offer up more incredible information on destinations in her home country.
We’ll cover Loch Ness, the Great Glen, the Silver Sands of Morar, Dunrobin Castle, Dunnet Head, Durness, Cape Wrath, Ullapool and Applecross and so much more.
Seriously, there is so much in this episode!
Bo, a St Andrews native, knows so much about her home country. So you are going to learn a lot about the Highlands of Scotland.
Want to chat more about the Scottish Highlands?
Just send an email to lynne@wanderyourway.com to chat more about this amazing destination in Scotland.
And if you have a question, and I don’t know the answer, I’ll just ask Bo!
In this episode:
2:22 Placing the Scottish Highlands on the map
3:59 The Great Glen
6:36 Loch Ness
13:28 Spean Bridge / Commando Memorial
14:23 Fort William
17:39 Glenfinnan Memorial and viaduct (Harry Potter)
21:22 Neptune Staircase / Caledonian Canal
26:50 Silver Sands of Morar
27:36 Ardshealach Smokehouse
29:37 Mallaig
32:13 Introduction to the North Coast 500
35:46 The Black Isle
39:21 Dunrobin Castle
44:05 Dunnet Head
45:09 Castle of Mey
47:03 Thurso/Scrabster and Gills Bay
49:35 Tips for visiting this piece of Scotland
51:07 Tongue
51:38 Durness
54:50 Cape Wrath
1:00:07 Lochinver & Achiltibuie
1:03:57 Ullapool
1:06:42 Gairloch
1:08:51 Torridon, Applecross and the Bealach Na Ba
1:12:00 Loch Maree
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