The bungalow is exactly opposite where the main Nessie sighting was made. Duncan tells the tale of one night when he was out fishing on the Lochside when out of the water reared a huge and roaring beast. You can imagine he turned tale and ran home and Yvonne says he was having palpitations for over a week. The next mornining he went down to check and found some large deer prints. Apparently when deer are being stalked on the other side of the loch, they quite often take to the water and swim to the other side. Duncan is convinced that this is what had happened, but what I would like to know is ....what do Nessie footprints look like? Ummm.
Apparently, if, as often happens, anybody is looking to undertake a monster themed scam on the Loch they must ask permmission of the police, so that any chance of road disruption can be avoided. Who should they refer to to? The Monster Officer of course. Absolutely true.
Our walk today was back up into the woods, right up to the top, where we did actually have some views of the loch. After nearly three days of walking through dense woodland it was a relief to walk the last 5 miles on roads through open countryside.
On the way we came across two gardens with splendid tree houses in course of erection about 100yds apart. A bit of competition maybe?
We have landed up in Drumnadrochit, known locally, as Drum - don't blame 'em! where ther are 2 visitor centres both concentrated on Nessie, and both claiming to be the official version. This was the subject of a very expensive court case in recent years following which a compromise was reached - they're both still there. Mum was going to go and have a look round one of them, but claimed to be Nessie'd up and relaxed instead.
Tomorrow, we will be leaving the GGW and heading north at last (again - last said that at Bath) making for Lovat Bridge.
Keep spreading the word.
M
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