Leslie Castle was a wonder escape from the campervan. Avery and Ellea’s first and only bath of the trip, as everywhere else only has showers, and the only time they’ll have their own beds. Two nights in a campground near Edinburgh, tomorrow night we’ll be closer to Perth, but tonight we sleep next to Loch Ness.
This morning we had a wonderful breakfast prepared by the Bee Baroness and her husband with estate harvested honey.
Last night, we decided there’s no was we’ll be able to make it to the Callanish Stone Circles so we asked our host about others that are a little closer.
We left the castle and set off for 3 different standing stone spots: The Maiden Stone, East Aquhorthies Circle, and The Bradbury stone. The Aquhorthies circle was the most impressive with its recumbent stone. The plan was to head up to Inverness until I realized there was a distillery on the way that had openings for a 300PM tour. I booked it. Who needs lunner anyway.
We arrived at Tomatin Distillery just after 3 and were right on time for the tour. Tolerance for drunk driving is low in Scotland, so if you’re a driver, most distilleries give drivers mini to-go bottles to take their tasters with them. Do, Lindsey got to taste the whiskey and I got mine to go. The tour itself was very interesting.
From there, we took a very small road down to Loch Ness, we found our campground, then went out for dinner. Lindsey and I both had the traditional Sunday roast.
Back at camp, the kids played with another kid starting the night, then, bed time.
