We rented a car from Ken's Garage through morag.bremner@peugeotmail.co., a local provider. They delivered an almost brand new car to a location near the port. The cost for a standard shift car was $123 CAD. We toured the countryside including Dornoch and amazing Dunrobin castle on our own. ...
If you have never been to Loch Ness, then I would go there, but with your expectations that you will not see Nessie! LOL. The castle is on the lake and is in ruins but does offer some scenic photo ops. ...
Invergordon, UK: We had planned to go into Inverness but there wasn’t anything that DW wanted to see so we stayed in Invergordon. It was bitterly cold and windy but we managed to buy a couple of pairs of leather thinsulate gloves at the dollar store for $7gbp each. The winds were 20+ kms a hour so we headed back to the ship after visiting the cathedral and seeing the town murals. This is a stop ...
I hired a taxi to take me into the Scottish Highlands. It was fairly expensive but worth it to me. Went to Atholl and toured Blair Castle. It was fully furnished as if the Earl had left only yesterday and the docents were wonderful. The grounds and gardens were beautiful and the Castle itself (because if was fully furnished, including the clothes, was amazing. I've seen a lot of castles but ...