City of, well very little from what we encountered. Stopping about 12 miles up the road Mrs Fogg suggested we take the 1215 train from Beauly to Inverness, a simple journey, so off she pops to purchase tickets online, only to be advised once purchased that Beauly don’t got a ticket machine and you need to collect them from another station before you travel, great. Off then for the mile walk to the station only to find that the train is actually delayed by 41 minutes, getting better by the minute. So we sat waiting listening to a guy tell everyone he could cycle faster to Inverness (since he was taking his bike on the train) and that he was off to see his mum in hospital and he is ex military, yawn.
As we get closer to 1256 the display starts slipping the arrival to 1300, then 1304, then 1310 and then nothing, so Mr Army Cycle Man presses the help button to find out where the train is, “oh sir it is on its way, but those signs have a fault and always delete the next train”, “well I’m ex military and always carry my tools so could fix it for ya”. And then clunk as the operator hangs up.
On then to the train, now I ain’t been on one of these for 4 years and defo not in the current climate, but no social distancing, nuffin. Thank goodness it’s only 15 mins. And then Inverness
What can we say about the place, drab, dreary, dull and not appealing at all. It’s got an indoor market, a “castle” which is closed, some shops and a 90% empty shopping centre which according to Paul Blart the Mall Cop, “you’re not allowed to take photos” as he berated some poor woman wanting her to delete the picture she had take. So here you go Mr Blart, this next picture is just for you. Unfortunately our train back out wasn’t until 1715, so just how many times can you walk round the city in 4 hours (well you could get a coffee in the CBD Cafe, err no thanks).
Back then to the campsite and Mrs Fogg insisted we walk around the man made nature trail which apparently has badgers, red squirrels, otters, or in our case, NUFFIN, mind you with my beautiful stealthy Ninja by my side I am not surprised they didn’t hear us coming from a mile away.