Invergordon and the Scottish Highlands

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Invergordon kind of sounds familiar, doesn't it?  It's actually a tiny town with fewer than 5000 inhabitants--but it has a port that the ship can dock at.  It is one of the few "deep water" ports in the world, so in it's small natural harbor , it is 800 feet deep!  It was an important port during World Wars I and II.  But it is right next to Inverness, which is right next to Loch Ness--which is, of course, world famous!

We went on a bus tour into the Highlands.  The Highlanders are a proud people, of their country, of their independence, and of the fact that they have never been conquered in the Wars.  This is, of course, Braveheart country.  William Wallace was a real person, and is held in high regard even to this day.

Our tour took us up into the hills where we visited a few castles and lochs (lakes).  One particular place had a small water fall called Shin Falls where there were salmon spawning and jumping up the falls. This part of the country also has ties to Mohamed Fayed of Harrod's fame. He owns many thousand of acres of land in this area and the land leasers say he is a good landlord. However the UK will not grant him a passport because they feel that somehow he has some ties to the death of Diana and his son Dodi. So his castle, lands and the Shin falls are all part of his ownership but he cannot leave the UK to visit his homeland.

We then went and visited a small town of Dornock where Madonna and Guy Ritchie were married in the Castle. Of course, golf courses are everywhere in Scotland as this is where the game originated and the first golf, St. Andrews, is nearby.

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