Inverness

And so to Inverness. We flew British Airways which departed from the infamous Heathrow Terminal 5, which had only been opened for a few weeks, and received a lot of bad publicity because of lost luggage in the first few days. However, it must have been all sorted by the time we got there, as we had no problems. We were surprised to be told to remove our shoes when going through security. Fortunately, I had no holes in my socks...

We were going to Inverness to see our daughter who had been working there a couple of years. Also to meet her Scottish boyfriend. We had been to Scotland four years ago, but had not seen Inverness. I'm so glad we did return, as we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to that part of Scotland.

The River Ness, for which Inverness and the Loch are named, runs through the city. Following are three shots of many I took of it. The last is of Inverness Castle which overlooks the river. Like all Scottish castles it has quite a history. Apparently the Governor of the castle at the time refused entry to Mary, Queen of Scots, for which she later showed her displeasure by having him hanged. For some reason Vox isn't letting me insert extra large pics.

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