The Scottish Highlands
The Highlands of Scotland, or the Scottish highlands, are the northern part of the British island, everything located north of Glasgow and Edinburgh: the city of Inverness, Forts, and the famous Loch Ness lake.
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The bus driver says that the trip from Edinburgh through Loch Ness and back will take eight or nine hours, depending on traffic. After his words, you expect to see a wide highway jammed with traffic. It turns out that the entire road is a narrow two-lane road, and by “traffic,” the driver meant the speed of movement on this narrow road. And we encounter a Scottish traffic jam. There are two trucks loaded with timber in front of us, moving about ten miles per hour slower than a passenger car could go. Overtaking them on the opposite lane is not allowed and dangerous. This is what a traffic jam looks like here.
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Despite the vast wilderness around, the road is clean and smooth throughout. Britain is monolithic: whether in the center of London or here, you can encounter the same classic red bus.
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The entire Northern Scotland radiates a soft, iron-brown shade, as if it were a scene from the movie “James Bond: Skyfall.” The last episode of the Bond series was filmed precisely here.
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The locks of the Caledonian Canal, a 100-kilometer waterway that connects the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It flows into Loch Ness.
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The small settlement of Fort Augustus (650 residents) adjoins Loch Ness.
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Loch Ness.
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This charming Scottish shop.
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The bus stop in Fort Augustus.
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Service notes on lamp posts.
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Inverness is the only populated place with the status of a city in the Scottish Highlands.
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