Day 9: Inverness/Loch Ness (Invergordon), Scotland

We took the 25X bus from Invergordon High Street bus stop to Invesness. The bus stop is about a 100-yard walk from the ship and the round trip ticket cost £11/person. The bus departed Invergordon at 9:09am and the trip took about 40 minutes to Inverness Bus Station. From here, we were supposed to transfer to another bus to go to Urquhart Castle. After waiting a few minutes, the bus station personnel decided to use the same bus we took from Invergordon. The trip to Urquhart castle took another 30 minutes and we arrived there around 10:30am.

View of Loch Ness from Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness

We departed Urquhart Castle around 1pm and waited for the bus under the rain. After arriving back in Inverness around 1:30pm, we planned on having lunch at The Mustard Seed but it was full so we walked farther up and went to Hootananny. Here I tried the local burger and my wife had the haggis, tatties and neeps. You'd have to Google what this recipe is made of. It may not sound appealing but it tasted very good.

After lunch, we walked back to Inverness Bus Station for the trip back to Invergordon. We bought some groceries at a local supermarket on High Street before heading back to the ship.

Inverness was a small town and Loch Ness was probably the highlight of this visit. Nonetheless, it was still a memorable stop. The only expense we incurred was the bus fare and entrance tickets to Urquhart Castle plus the cost of lunch but we got to sample the local haggis, tatties and neeps recipe.