Sunday, September 11 we left Portree and began our drive to Inverness. Our parting gift from the Isle of Skye was a gorgeous sunrise.

We stopped at Eilean Donan Castle, one of the most photographed in Scotland. The original castle was built in the 13th century but it has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. No photography was allowed inside.

We continued to make our way to Inverness, driving along the western side of Loch Ness. We saw the Loch Ness Centre & Exhibition and wondered if it was worth checking out. We went in, saw the admission charge and decided the answer was no, it wasn’t worth it.

We arrived in Inverness and immediately went to the train station to attempt to resolve our train issues for our trip from Edinburgh to Liverpool. There is a potential solution, but we aren’t sure yet. Our train to Edinburgh doesn’t seem to be in jeopardy so we will try to find a final answer when we arrive there on Wednesday. We checked in to our B&B, which is nice but we have a very small room. So small the bathroom has a pocket door. We settled in and set out to check out the area and find a place for dinner.

We will be dealing with a lot of stairs here. Our room is on the 2nd floor (3rd floor in the U.S.) and there are many stairs from the location of our B&B to the main part of town.