Cottage Diary - Aspenwood self catering luxury Holiday Cottage overlooking Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland.

Went on a 215 mile round trip adventure across to the tiny but popular hamlet of Applecross on the west coast of Scotland a journey we have always been threatening to do.We drove into Inverness and took the road out to Beauly and Muir of Ord. We joined the A835 just before Contin but instead of going up to Ullapool on this road we turned left onto the 832 road at Gorstan heading towards Torridon.We drove past some stunningly beautiful dramatic scenery,numerous lochs engulfed by snow capped mountains,waterfalls cascading over rocky outlets,babbling burns and miles of wild open countryside. The scenery began to get more dramatic and we suddenly felt very small and insignificant.

Drove past some very imposing Munroe's, Fionn Bheinn at 3059 feet and Sgurr Mor at 3637 feet with their peaks entirely covered in snow. At Kinlochewe instead of heading up to Gairloch we turned left onto the 896 to Torridon. More to follow in part 2 of this journey when I show you some of the wildlife we saw. Watch this space.