Highlands

We have arrived in Glencoe, a town in the Scottish highlands known for the amazing scenery and the history of the Glencoe massacre.

Our camp is right next to the visitors centre, so we made that our first stop. They explain all about the landscape of this place the geology and the heritage. The Three Sisters are a formation of three steep ridges that are visible on the drive into the valley and stunning even on a rainy cloudy day such as we had.

The story of the massacre which we did not know about took place on the 13 February 1692 when government soldiers murdered 38 members of the MacDonald clan after spending days living with them and being shown full hospitality by the clan leader.

At the Glencoe visitor centre they had a replica of a 17th Century Turf house offering a glimpse of how the MacDonald clan lived prior to the 1692 massacre.

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Just outside Fort William is Neptunes Staircase, this is a set of eight locks on the Caledonian Canal. This amazing feat of engineering raises the canal by 19m and takes boats 90 minutes to travel through the eight locks. It is the longest staircase lock in Scotland and was built between 1803 and 1822.

We watched four very different types of boats go through the locks together.

Next stop in Scotland will be Loch Ness.