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The Falls of Shin: Find the Terminal First
Salmon, woodland walks, a genuinely good café, and a parking system that isn't as obvious as it should be. Everything you need for a visit that goes right.
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Real day-by-day plans from Inverness — not attraction lists.
Alan Coppin · Updated 4 weeks ago
The Highlands are big, and a lot of trip planning goes wrong by trying to do too much. These are realistic loops and itineraries built around how the driving actually works from Inverness — with honest timings and the stops worth making.
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Fyrish Monument: The Day We Climbed Above the Clouds
A misty morning turned into one of the best views I've had in the Highlands — plus what I wish someone had told us about that climb before we set off up Cnoc Fyrish.
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Steall Waterfall: The Two Hundred Metres We Nearly Turned Back On
An icy December climb through the Nevis Gorge nearly turned us around, a couple of hundred metres from a waterfall we couldn't yet see. Here's the honest version of the walk to Scotland's second-highest falls — cliffside path, wobbly bridge and all.
6 min read