Britain 09 - Day 27

Introduction

From Ullapool we had a long day planned, driving down through Scotland, through Edinburgh and on to Carlisle. With stops for sightseeing, and an hour looking over the old cemetery at Inverkeithing this proved to be a very long day. It was not helped by roadworks on the M6 near Carlisle, ending up with us missing the exit for the hotel and having to go another 20 miles further on for the next exit to turn around and come back.

The Corrieshalloch Gorge and the Falls of Measach

The sun rose early over Ullapool with a nice red sky, but breakfast was not available for another hour or so. Later, we drove south along the shores of loch Broom, then climbed up to the Correshalloch Gorge. The sunrise lived up to its promise of an overcast day but the autumn colours and the waterfalls in the gorge were still a spectacular sight.

The sunrise over Ullapool	The shoreline of Loch Broom	More of Loch Broom
Looking up to the head of the loch	The view back down valley and across Loch Broom	Loch Broom in the distance
The map of paths around Correshalloch	The story of Correshalloch Gorge	Early autumn colours in the gorge
A collection of fungus	The footbridge across the gorge	The top falls from the footbridge
The falls from the bridge	The Falls with more autumn colour	The gorge below the falls, with early morning mist
Broader view of the gorge	Another angle of the falls	The top falls through the trees
More autumn colour	The walking path through the pine trees	Another unsurprising sign

Loch Ness, Inverkeithing and Carlisle

We drove down through Scotland in indifferent weather, often low cloud and occasional showers. We detoured off the A835 onto the A82 to catch a glimpse of Loch Ness (no monsters on show that day) then on towards Edinburgh on the A9 and the bridge over the Firth of Forth. Just north of the bridge lies the small town of Inverkeithing, where several generations of my HUTCHISON ancestors lived. One of these worked as the stoker on the Queensferry Ferry, the only means of crossing the Firth before the bridge was built. We drove through the town and eventually found the small cemetery that lies between the railway and the M90. From there we headed across to the M6 and down to Carlisle.

View towards the head of Loch Ness	View down Loch Ness	Autumn colours on the A9
More of the A9	Looking across the cemetery at Inverkeithing to the Firth of Forth	Inverkeithing Cemetery

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