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

Woke up yesterday morning to be greeted by a total 'white out'. Could not see anything but a thick white mist in front of us and we wondered what sort of day was before us. However, by 11 o'clock, the white heat haze had disappeared down into the water of Loch Ness revealing a clear blue cloudless sky above. Several cruisers appeared out of the haze on their way to Fort Augustus and beyond. This coming Saturday there is a catamaran race from Dores to Fort Augustus and back so will try and record it. We made the most of the day and after calling in at the Drumblair stores for oddments of shopping, bird seed and fatballs { the birds eat us out of house and home } we came the long way home. Travelled on the B862 - the main road linking Inverness and Fort Augustus - we saw that hay making had been in progress. Could see the sprawling city of Inverness, the fastest growing city in Europe, and the Moray Firth in the background. The purple heather is beginning to bloom on the hills and is going to be magnificent this year. Drove home past some wonderful Highland scenery and both said how lucky we are to live here.