Wander Your Way

Exploring the Scottish Highlands with Bo Fraser (Part 2)


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Fancy searching for Nessie in Loch Ness?

Or seeing the famous spot where the Harry Potter train goes over that bridge?

Maybe you want to make a drive around one of the most beautiful spots in all of Scotland?

Perhaps you want to visit a few gorgeous castles?

Or maybe you want to spend some time at the far northern reaches of the mainland of Great Britain and take in sea views and some lovely beaches?

This episode on the Northern Highlands of Scotland is jam-packed with so many destinations and sites that you will be adding more places to your Scottish bucket list. I certainly have!

Bo Fraser, a Blue Badge guide with the Scottish Tourist Guides Association, returns as our guest. And she is going to offer up more incredible information on destinations in her home country.

We'll cover Loch Ness, the Great Glen, the Silver Sands of Morar, Dunrobin Castle, Dunnet Head, Durness, Cape Wrath, Ullapool and Applecross and so much more.

Seriously, there is so much in this episode!

Bo, a St Andrews native, knows so much about her home country. So you are going to learn a lot about the Highlands of Scotland.

Want to chat more about the Scottish Highlands?

Just send an email to [email protected] to chat more about this amazing destination.


In this episode:

2:22
Placing the Scottish Highlands on the map

3:59
The Great Glen  

6:36
Loch Ness  

13:28
Spean Bridge / Commando Memorial

14:23
Fort William

17:39
Glenfinnan Memorial and viaduct (Harry Potter)

21:22 Neptune Staircase / Caledonian Canal

26:50 Silver Sands of Morar

27:36 Ardshealach Smokehouse

29:37 Mallaig

32:13 Introduction to the North Coast 500

35:46 The Black Isle

39:21 Dunrobin Castle

44:05 Dunnet Head

45:09 Castle of Mey

47:03 Thurso/Scrabster and Gills Bay

49:35 Tips for visiting this piece of Scotland

51:07 Tongue

51:38 Durness

54:50 Cape Wrath

1:00:07 Lochinver & Achiltibuie

1:03:57 Ullapool

1:06:42 Gairloch

1:08:51 Torridon, Applecross and the Bealach Na Ba

1:12:00 Loch Maree


Important links:

Scotland Your Way

Great Glen

Loch Ness

Fort William

Jacobite Steam Train

Ardshealach Smokehouse

North Coast 500

Dunrobin Castle

Castle of Mey

Durness

Cape Wrath

Solas B&B

Applecross

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