Monster Drive - Urquhart Castle Drumnadrochit, Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
By
Ah! on 05-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1PAKM
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Logs
G'day from Brisbane Australia! On tour, and the bus stopped here for the tour. Busy spot - but not just here. Thankyou for placing a cache at this tourist stop
Thanks Ah! for bringing me to this location.
*{Overall find #5825}*
Thanks Ah! for bringing me to this location.
*{Overall find #5825}*
This was a quick found for Fanje and me during our tour to Loch Ness. Very scenic spot and nice idea for the hide. Thanks for the cache!
A really nice one! Found this cache while driving round Loch Ness. Thank you for showing us all those nice places of the Monster Drive!
Our first visit to the area and the plan was to grab as many caches in this series as I could. Managed around 15 before we had to head back. All were found without issue....and most of the time the views of the Loch were great.
Many thanks for the caches and the fun in finding them. Sadly, no sign of Nessie today......
Greetings from Australia....
Many thanks for the caches and the fun in finding them. Sadly, no sign of Nessie today......
Greetings from Australia....
I visited the castle ruins! It was impressive:) After that I searched and found the cache! TFTC blanca.nieve
Delayed logging this cache, but found on Sunday 24/8/14. Clever idea, did a similar one near Fort William. TFTC
To log the cache we made a short stop on our way to Fort Augustus. Maybe we will visit the castle and take a tour on a day with better weather conditions. Today I managed to quickly find the cache while it was raining cats and dogs. (#1788)
Travelling from Skye to Inverness we stopped to visit Urquhart Castle. And also find the cache. It was easy, several meters from the car park. TFTC and greetings from Czech republic 
Thanks for the cache at this great place. we enjoyed it at very good weather!
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Castles! We love castles, or at least they provided interesting points on the map to head for on our travels around Scotland. This appeared to be one of the more popular and attractive ones. Remarkably, we found a parking spot in the crowded carpark, and proceeded through the sturdily-built 'tourist defences' into the castle grounds. We ate lunch in the ruins of, I think, the chapel, then explored the rest of the place. Fascinating to see graffiti dating back to the 1800s! Loch Ness looked suitably mysterious and silvery when the clouds began descending over the lake; no sign of poor Nessie though-- with all those tourist-filled motor boats zipping around, I wouldn't have stuck my head out either!!
At one point the sun came out during a rain shower, creating a magnificent rainbow right over the castle, which was wonderful and resulted in some great pictures!
After spending a few hours immersed in the ruins we finally headed back to the car, and fired up the Nuvi to see if there were any caches nearby. Well, of course there was! Off we went, had a look around, and I spotted something which I was pretty sure was the cache. Not too difficult to extract or replace, just required waiting for pauses in the traffic. (Infinitely glad that it wasn't in the bushes as they looked very 'toilety'.
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Thanks for the clever and well-placed cache and greetings from Australia and the Netherlands!
At one point the sun came out during a rain shower, creating a magnificent rainbow right over the castle, which was wonderful and resulted in some great pictures!
After spending a few hours immersed in the ruins we finally headed back to the car, and fired up the Nuvi to see if there were any caches nearby. Well, of course there was! Off we went, had a look around, and I spotted something which I was pretty sure was the cache. Not too difficult to extract or replace, just required waiting for pauses in the traffic. (Infinitely glad that it wasn't in the bushes as they looked very 'toilety'.
) Thanks for the clever and well-placed cache and greetings from Australia and the Netherlands!
