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A quiet day near Beauly

We wake up late, but totally refreshed and we long for breakfast. Well, we get one, but in the hotel opposite the square, since Iain has slept late, too. We drink some coffee with him and then we are on our way. But we want to have a quiet day and just drive around a bit in the neighbourhood.
Strathglass We have bought a very detailed map of the neighbourhood of Beauly so we can easily find the nicest places. Hidden in meadows we find stone circles and the remainder of old forts. And of course, inhabited houses on really beautiful spots.
Tomich We drive through Strathglass, the valley through which the river Beauly flows, southwards. A dead end road brings us into Tomich, a very well preserved Victorian village.
At the Plodda Falls A few kilometers further, after a steep forest track, we arrive in an arboreous area where we come across the Plodda Falls. As on many other places there are some nice walking routes here. We find a cascade and think it looks nice, but not really impressive. Then we walk a bit further in this lovely area and we find the real falls.
Plodda Falls Plodda Falls A narrow bridge is made exactly over the waterfall, but there is also a path leading down to halfway the waterfall. The water falls down for tens of meters and it is a very noisy but very attractive place.
At the Plodda Falls After a long walk we have a picknick on the parking lot near Plodda Falls. More people have the same idea, probably since the weather is so nice.
Corrimony cairn Glen Urquhart Then we drive towards Drumnadrochit. When we pass Corrimony, where a well-known tombhill is located, we take a look, again. Our detailed map shows us many more graves, cairns and stonecircles, but this partly restored one is more impressive than any other one.
We return early in the afternoon to the Caledonian hotel and spend the rest of the day with Iain and Cathy. We haven't seen them for a long time and so we have much to tell each other. We had brought Iain cigars as a present, but now he tells us he quit smoking! Well, the locals who enter the pub now and then do smoke them and some of them still know us from former visits. It is a nice evening and we enjoy talking to everybody. Cups are filled before they are empty, even when Elisabeth protests against it.
But we are still reasonably sober when we go to sleep.
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