Loch Ness Visit (Part 2)

After visiting Glenbuchat Castle, we drove up and down the steep hills. Here’s what the view looked like from a look-out point (another castle is visible towards the left of the valley):

As we traveled further Northwest, the rainy weather started moving in. Here’s a view of the clouds moving in with mountains in the background:

After four hours of driving we arrived in Inverness, a northern coastal city located about 15 minutes from Loch Ness. Loch Ness is famous for Nessie, the notorious sea monster who is said to inhabit the ancient body of water. We could tell we were getting close when we saw this Nessie statue outside of a gas station:

Loch Ness is one of many bodies of water created by the glaciers during the ice age. The word loch is essentially another word for a lake. However, I was quickly corrected by a Scottish friend when I accidentally called one a lake. Thus the name – Loch Ness. As we arrived at Loch Ness, a rainy haze was settling over the water:

I wanted to jump in so that I could say I’ve been swimming with Nessie, but the water was really cold: