The ‘viewcatcher’ sculpture on the high-level route between Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit

The high-level route between Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit

The troll bridge on the high-level route between Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit

Views of Loch Ness from the high-level route between Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit

Views of Loch Ness from the high-level route between Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit

A stone shelter and views of Loch Ness from the high-level route between Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit

Thistle

Views of Loch Ness from the high-level route between Invermoriston and Drumnadrochit

Seada Luis honesty box full of cakes and water

The irresistibly cute Highland cows

Lunch at the wonderful Ness Deli in Drumnadrochit. There was a campground here (although off the trail and a bit of a walk from the centre of town) and I thought for a moment about staying and visiting the castle, but I really hate walking backwards… and I would have had to retrace my steps a number of times to go into Drumnadrochit for a meal, back to the campground, then pass through the town the next morning, so instead I kept going a further 12km…!

Urquhart Castle is straight ahead on the point

Information panel about Urquhart Castle

Into the woods

Information panel about the ‘Newfies of Loch Ness’

Information panel about the forest

Passing signs for the Abriachan Eco campsite along the Great Glen Way

The entrance to Abriachan Eco campsite off the Great Glen Way

Eco toilet at Abriachan Eco campsite

Home for the night at the rustic Abriachan Eco campsite. They have pigs so I was told to hang my food (where my shirt is hanging in this picture), and my food bag survived.

Day 3, Invermoriston to Abriachan eco campsite