This is Aldourie Castle taken from the roadside in front of the house..

aldourie castle

Lochend Beach, if you look hard enough you can see the house!

loch ness beach

A winters day on Loch Ness....

Loch ness winter

Jack says this is Nessie breath (I think he just threw pebbles in the water!)

loch ness monster spoof
   
   

A Pretty Day on Loch Ness..

loch ness good weather
1852 1st July
The Inverness Courier reports "A Scene from Lochend" where two strange animals were swimming across the loch. Some "thought it was the sea- serpent coiling along the surface, and others a couple of whales or large seals". The inhabitants made ready to defend themselves with everything from battle-axes to pitchforks. "At last, a venerable patriarch came to the conclusion that they were a pair of deer". He fetched his gun and was just about to fire when he threw it down and shouted in Gallic " God protect us, they are the Water Horses", thinking they were the ill omened Kelpies of folklore. In the end, they did turn out to be horses; two ponies from the Aldourie estate no less than a mile away!