Culloden Battlefield

We have been here for a few days and have been looking for Victoria Market since we arrived. We knew it was hidden away down alleyways. Our phone maps seemed to be very confused and kept directing us to stone walls. I was beginning to think there was a Harry Potter trick to crossing over.

This morning Mike was leisurely having his instant morning coffee and looking out our window.

Guess what he saw. Directly across from our door. Like 10 steps from our door.

What a delightful place full of wondrous food shops. I had read about Bad Girl Bakery with great coffee, scones and other delights. After days of instant coffee we headed straight for it. And the cheese scone was great. 

Across from Bad Girl Bakery was Good Girl Greengrocer with lots of organic local produce. There was a pizza place cooking in the oven right in front of you and they had ham & pineapple on the menu so got points from me. There was even a vegan stall. And I want you to look at this ice cream shake sign and tell me which one of these things is not like the other.

There is in a place with a story. Chapter One

And Chapter Two

Read the little story if you can.

After breakfast we headed to the bus station. The sun was out and we had seen most of Inverness we were interested in so we traveled half an hour over to Culloden Battleground where Bonnie Prince Charlie heavily lost the battle and his last chance to return the English throne to the Stuarts.

The museum inside kept Mike busy for a bit but did not allow photographs. By the time we headed to the outdoor portion of the day, dark clouds and very high winds moved in. We were both wrapped up as tight as we could but still had a hard time keeping warm and standing. Mike decided early in the tour he had seen enough. Mike doesn't give up on history stuff which made me think tornado sirens or something would soon be going off. We made it back to the cafe and got hot beverages. The wind was blowing so hard you could hear it whistling in around the windows and then - Bam. The emergency door flew open and the poor woman sitting next to it almost had a heart attack.

Here is a picture of the stone wall from the food court after sun came out again.

Here is a picture from our book of what we would have seen half mile down the hill.

Time was running out to catch our bus so we took off.

We had decided the Victorian Market deserved some more of our business so we headed over for an early dinner. I decided on Chinese and Mike went for a burger, which he claims had some of the best beef he has tasted in a long time. He even found the guy working there to compliment it.

We made one last walk around the area to find Abertarff House, the oldest building in town built in 1593.

Tomorrow we take a train up to Thurso for a few nights so we can ferry over to Orkney Island. It it one of the places Mike seems most excited about.

I hope you are enjoying our trip almost as much as we are!