As the weather was due to be nice today (meaning no rain!) we were up bright and early so we could make most of the day. Our first stop of the day was Cawdor Castle - a medieval castle built in the 17th century and mentioned in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The gardens at the castle were really lovely with lots of colourful flowers and we enjoyed looking round them.
Our next stop was the beach at Nairn - it wasn't warm enough for a dip in the sea but we walked along the promenade. It was even warm enough to eat outside for lunch at one of the seaside cafes.
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| At the seaside - no coat! |
Our last stop of the day was the Culloden Battlefields which is where the battle of Culloden, the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising, took place in 1745. I didn't know much about it but the visitors centre was very well done - showing you a film of a reinactment of the battle and then you walked around the battlefield with an audio guide which gave you information.
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| One of the croft houses at the Culloden battlefield |
In the evening we went in to Inverness for a meal.
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