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Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness and back🚉: 12.5.1999

Edinburgh to Inverness🚉: 12.5.1999 Day 6 ScotRail🏴󠁧󠁢 - pretty cheap at £9.05 return😜😜 no dining car but snacks available🥪☕ After a hurried English breakfast and a brisk 10-minute walk to Edinburgh Waverley, hopped on the early “8:13 am” Class 170 diesel 3-car🚆 train to the Scottish Highlands calling at Kirkcaldy, Dundee, Montrose, Stonehaven, Aberdeen, Forres and Nairn* Stunning views of Edinburgh Castle high up on Castlehill as you leave the station and approach Haymarket, and shortly after zoomed past Rwy 06 end of Edinburgh Intnl’ Airport as the early birds taxied for take-off - 3hr: 20 min journey through some most amazing countryside. As you pass Dalmeny, a village on the south side of the Firth of Forth, you will experience spectacular views over the stretch of water and surrounding countryside as the train makes a 5-minute-crossing on the iconic "Forth Bridge" constructed in 1882, a marvel of Victorian engineering, across the 14 km wide estuary of the River Forth between South Queensbury and North Queensbury - the world's second-longest single cantilever bridge, with a span of 1,709 feet (521 m), after Quebec Bridge in Canada. Considered a symbol of Scotland, it was declared UNESCO Heritage Site in 2015 and voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016*💕 Equally spectacular are views on "Tay Rail Bridge" across the 4 km long Firth of Tay linking the suburb of Wormit and Dundee constructed in 1883 replacing the first bridge that collapsed in 1879 due to high winds taking away 90 lives😢 - stunning coastal views all the way to Montrose and Stonehaven💕👌 Got off at Aberdeen for 50 minutes, shopped a bit at Nicholas Square and took the next “11.33” onward leg to Inverness. At the entrance of the station in front of Station Square is a monument to the men who were killed in action or died of disease in Egypt and the Sudan between 1882 & 1887, and unveiled in 1893 to mark the centenary of the 79th Regiment of Foot, now The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders since 1961. The Royal Highland Hotel is on the left of the station* From here a 2-minute walk takes you from Falcon Square along Inglis Street to Market Brae Steps, a stone stairway surrounded by posters advertising unique quirky shops and businesses leading to upper Ardconnel street with spectacular views of Inverness Castle in the backdrop. Proceed to Ness Bridge over crystal clear waters of River Ness for stunning views of the Inverness Castle and from there to Castle Road alongside the river overlooking the castle and Inverness Museum & Art Gallery. Stroll north across Grieg Street Bridge aka “The Bouncy Bridge” to Huntly Street (you feel it in every step you take over), a beautiful pedestrian suspension bridge built in 1881. On the backdrop of Bank Street is Old High St Stephen’s, the oldest church in Inverness since the time of St Columba who converted Scotland to Christianity in the 6th century encompassing Catholicism until the reformation in 1560 when the church became Protestant. Next to it is Free North Church straddling the footbridge, a Gothic church completed 1893, the largest church in Inverness also with the tallest steeple. The cemetery is full of history, where captured Jacobite troops loyal to Prince Charles Edward Stuart at the Battle of Cullodon (fought in 1746, near the town of Nairn) were executed by government soldiers. The historic 18th-century Georgian-style Balnain House on Huntly Street beside the River, home of Highlands Music, dates back to 1726. Once a townhouse for the Duffs of Drummuir, it became a hospital after the Battle of Culloden for wounded, government troops - it is has since closed and is today the regional headquarters of the National Trust for Scotland. Back to Market Brae Steps, final climb to the summit and back again to Eastgate Shopping Centre into Academy Street overlooking the Deep Pan Pizza Company, and Royal Highland Hotel next to it. The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Memorial is just visible in front of the rail station. Turn left into Inglis Street past “The Works” retail store into Baron Taylor Street, on the left is Yorkshire Building Society. Proceed ahead to Church Street. In the background, “The Steeple”, in existence since 1593 as a court and prison room, can be seen in the background at the corner of Church Street and Bridge Street. The “Highland Council Service Point” building is on the right at the corner with Bank Lane in the backdrop of River Ness. Continue on Church Street, turn right at Academy Street and head to The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Memorial in Falcon Square in front of the railway station just in time to catch an empty “18:29” train, 3:35 minute journey back to Edinburgh Waverley on a different route this time calling at Carrbridge, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry and and Perth. The scenery was just as spectacular while the light lasted arriving at 22:04, and the view of the Castle strolling along Princes Street to my guest house was simply stunning*💕👌