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Morning
Pack a picnic in Inverness. There are lots of marvellous picnicking possibilities on this route, so it would be a shame not to take one.
Leave Inverness by 10am to make the best of the day, taking the B852 to Dores and drive along the south side of Loch Ness – a beautiful and much quieter road than that on the northern shore. Try to stop off at the Foyers Falls (see Best-Kept Secrets) .
Enjoy the hill-country drive to Fort Augustus, and pop in for a coffee at the bustling Lock Inn, right beside the canal. Walk along the canal to view Loch Ness from the shore behind the old abbey.
Drive along the A82 on the north side of Loch Ness, (stop at Invermoriston to view the river pools and old bridge) and visit Urquhart Castle. Have your picnic lunch here.
Afternoon
Your picnic will, hopefully, have recharged your batteries sufficiently for a visit to one of the Loch Ness Monster visitor centres in Drumnadrochit – fascinating, and rather persuasive.
Refill your thermos in Drumnadrochit, then take the A831 to Cannich, and the minor road to Glen Affric.
Enjoy an hour’s walk in this renowned beauty spot, before returning to the bustle of Inverness via Kilmorack and the south shore of the Beauly Firth. A round trip of 115 miles (185 km).
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