Trip to Scotland 1983: Four and half months in the Highlands and Islands

[DCampbell16B]

Went to bus and waited around. Finally read papers w_ pictures. Got suitcase. Dreading [??] Ft William. West Highland Museum so-so.
Ft William Ben Nevis pics

I'm not impressed with Ft William and what is more cannot get to Kingussie from here.

Vitrified fort 1000 BC-0 AD. Some vitrification shows. About 75yds by 50yds with mound in the middle. Inside vitrificarion is loose rock that didn't get hot enough to melt. Ck elevation. All peat around. Good feel close by. (340m or 1054ft). Heather in bloom, white and purple.

27½p lunch
£1.40 bus
58p snack
50p bus
£5.20 hostel

[I stayed in at the Ft William hostel a couple days, hence the larger amount for hostel fee. I didn't want to do the tourist thing of climbing Ben Nevis. I did want to see a vitrified fort. So I climbed the mountain on the other side of the glen. It was a long scramble straight up a rather long but open slope. On top was the vitrified fort. I took pictures from there of Glen Nevis and Ben Nevis. You can see part of the vitrified fort wall with Ben Nevis in the background.


Vitrified fort and Ben Nevis


Looking up Glen Nevis. Sgurr a'Mhaim in the distance.