Day 23: Looking for the monster

Our first stop was a surprise...daddy showed us the Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Ground, some of the players were training. The views of the loch (it means lake) as we drove along Loch Ness were stunning. We had our eyes peeled and all thought we saw the monster but it was probably only a wave or log! In the exhibition centre, we found out a lot of interesting facts, for instance, it is still a mystery about the monster and we have to be detectives and make up our own minds. We also found out that there have been hoaxes and fake pictures about the monster.

After lunch and the gift shop, of course, we drove back through Inverness to Culloden. The scene of (another fact) the last hand-to-hand battle in the U.K. The exhibition centre was great, there was a room with 4 walls with a 360 degree view of the battle as it took place. We also saw artefacts from the battle that were over 250 years old, like muskets and bullets.. Other things we liked were the replica canons and the huge video screen (on the floor) which showed all the troops as the battle took place and where the two sides charged at each other and how the battle went. The Jacobites tried their best but the Government army smashed them and in the end some of the Jacobites ran away. We actually went out onto the battlefield itself at the end. We learned a lot.

For tea we had pizza and Eton mess for dessert. And watched Skyfall.

Lottie, Danny & Finn 🦅😳🏅🎖💪🏻🤗😍🌞

Next to Loch Ness

Just in front of the Government line (red flag) on Culloden battlefield