Day 1597 a beautiful morning in Inverness before heading home

After a great sleep mum and I headed back down to the canal.

Because of all the peat in the water up here, the canal looks so black and it looked like a floor you could walk on.

Glynis picked us up before 8.30am and took us for a wee tour of Inverness. We headed to Simpson Garden Centre for breakfast.

We were first there!

Check this guy!

I had a vegan bagel with coconut milk latte and forgot to take photos 😆

This is the view from the car park.

We had a quick wander round Inverness before the bus left at 11.35am.

The minute we sat on the bus, the clouds came over.

We are right up the front of a Megabus.

We’re wearing our seatbelts 😆

So we had the loveliest afternoon and evening yesterday after our Jacobite cruise. We sat in the sunshine beside the Caledonian canal for a while as we ate our ice creams. The warmth of the sun was so lovely.

We watched this lovely Border Collie as its owner fed the ducks and it was desperate to get over the fence.

The highland cows were still out when we went back to the car and I caught the black one this time.

These two seem really close… they were twinning!

Just rude 😆

So from there, Glynis drove us over to Nairn where we had a walk along the beach.

Look at those colours… the blue sky was just incredible. It’s been so long since we’ve had such a clear day with no wind.

We went to the Sundancer restaurant, in Nairn, for dinner.

This was the view from our table.

I had the spicy bean burger for dinner and Crème Brûlée for desert.

The crème brûlée was massive. It was so lovely. Mum had a sea bream dish that tasted lovely too…. Even just from the olive and veg I tried. Glynis had amazing looking fish and chips.

And this was the view from out on the balcony after dinner.

We had another walk this time along the harbour wall and caught the most stunning sunset.

This one with a plane flying overhead and a bird flying through it.

And it’s gone. The perfect ending to a truly perfect day.

The captain on the Jacobite cruise yesterday say that yesterday was officially the last day of summer…. But given the clear blue sky and sunshine, he also said it was technically their first day of summer too.

What a lovely way to spend the first and last day of summer. With the lovely Glynis and my mum, out exploring and having coffee and cake and lovely meals.

We have been throughly spoiled all weekend. Thanks to Glynis again for everything she organised. We’ve had the most amazing time.

Not a shred of anxiety on my part. I’m in my element, calm and excited in equal measure.

So back to today. Mum is still on the bus I started on. This is her current view….

This is my view.

It’s 3.30pm and it’s almost dark outside…. We are not allowed to have two scorchers in a row up here in Scotland it would seem. 😆

I’m about 20 minutes north of Glasgow and I still have to try and negotiate my way home. The trains are only every 2 hours and I miss one by minutes. Maybe taking the car would have been easier. It won’t kill me to have a walk round Glasgow mind you.

Hope you all have the best week ahead!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️