In Search of Nessie...the Monster of Loch Ness

Breakfast today was a choice of a full Scottish breakfast ( made up of sausage, bacon, black pudding i.e. coagulated blood and oats, and eggs the way you like it) or Scottish porridge. As I am a 'fan tung' person, and they do not offer teo chew porridge or nasi lemak here, I opted for the Scottish porridge of oats.

We left our bed and breakfast on a predicted rainy day and had to backtrack along A87 across the Skye bridge again towards Loch Ness. We passed the Eilean Donan Castle which overlooked the Loch Druich.

We pushed on along A87 and passed some pretty mountainous stretch and calm lochs.

We branched out into A887 that took us to Invermeriston which sits by the Loch Ness. We passed by a crystal clear river just before Invermeriston which forced us to stop for photoshoot.

We finally reached Drumnadrochit, where our B&B was located and after some difficulty, managed to find it in a little corner just outside town. What a lovely little B&B it was !...run by the Knowle family, Knowle and Miriam. From the window of our study we could see Loch Ness in the distance. The house has many pretty pieces of antique furniture .

We found a nice fusion restaurant at the Loch Ness Inn for dinner and settled early due to the rainy weather. Breakfast was ordered the night before and we settled for a breakfast of smoked salmon on toast as the main course. Breakfast was served in a lovely little corner of the house.

We decided to drive up to Inverness to check out the city in the morning and do a little bit of shopping. Inverness is a small walkable city situated along River Ness. A panoramic view of the city can be obtained from the Inverness castle.

After a light lunch and shopping at the Victoria Market we drove back and stopped at the Clansmann Hotel where we took the one-hour cruise on Loch Ness in search of Nessie!

As the legend goes, in 565 A.D. the Irish priest Saint Columba was at Loch Ness and when his assistant swam to fetch their boat at Loch Ness, a monster appeared from the water with gaping mouth and sharp teeth. Whilst everyone was shocked with fear, Saint Columba made the sign of the cross and said to the monster ' Go no further !..hurt thou not anybody...! Quick ..get out of here..!'

And Nessie has never been seen again for the next 1500 years !