Inverness and Loch Ness

I went to Inverness with my aunts several times in the late '60s/early '70s. These are some of my photos

Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness

Loch Ness 1968

Leinster Lodge B&B where we stayed, Inverness, 1968
(It's still in business - I just found it on the Internet!)

Inverness Castle, 1968

Street scene, 1968

Aunt Gwen with Mrs McInnes (the owner of the B&B where we stayed), 1969

The Loch Ness Investigation Centre. 1969
(I remember looking for Nessie but never saw him/her!)

The Inverness Tattoo, 1969
(A very poor photo - I don't know why I didn't take more. Perhaps it rained!)

Another place where we stayed a couple of times.

Mrs Sime, 1972

Aunt Lett in the B&B, 1972

Aunt Gwen, 1972

Aunt Lett in Inverness again in 1973

Here is a page with information about Inverness. It's a great city to visit and I would love to go back again and take better photos!

Loch Leven

Some of my old photos from 1972 - rather faded now unfortunately - of Loch Leven, at the north-west end of Glencoe, where we stopped on our way to Inverness.

The Pap of Glencoe (742m/2434ft high) as seen across the loch

I remember these pipers entertaining us - we were the only other people there!

The old Cortina facing the loch

Here is the Wikipedia page which shows the position of Loch Leven on the map, and gives more links to the area, which is extremely spectacular.

Luss

We always stopped at the delightful village of Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond, every time we went north. It was such a peaceful place, with glorious views across the loch, the lovely sandy beach, and rows of pretty cottages. There was one small gift shop which was always fun to browse in.

Some photos I took in 1968

The gift shop, 1968

The beach near the pier

View from the bridge

The wee shop in 1972

Aunt Gwen and a friend, Miss Cameron, also from Greenock, 1972
I was driving us to Inverness and Ullapool - this was our first stop as usual

Aunt Gwen's Cortina and the view up the main street, 1972

Here I am in 1978.

Geoffrey and I visited Luss in 1996 but the gift shop had changed out of all recognition - for the worse - and was over-commercialised and tacky in the extreme. There was a gigantic car park nearby and Luss was swarming with crowds of people. It was a great disappointment to see it like that.

There's a page about Luss here