Collecting Filming Locations by Accident

Waiting for departure.

June 18: Although the B&B had a bit of an issue understanding the concept of vegetarian or vegan it was all good since Fort William had a Tesco, where we even found gluten free bread.

Again the plan of the day was: No plan. So we followed the train tracks of the Jacobite Train (a.k.a. Harry Potter Train) to Hogwards Mallaig (B).

Loch, Sound or Ocean?

Where's that darn train?

Lighthouse

Stranded

Are we lost again?

Looks like it!

Another quiet evening in Fort William

June 19: The end of our journey is near, and we would head eastwards again towards Edinburgh.

Skyfall Filming Location

The scenery around Glencoe was used as backdrop for the Bond movie Skyfall while the actual scenes where filmed at the studios.

We took the opportunity to stretch our legs and went for a hike. Scotland is definitely a land for hikers and mountaineers, too.

 

We tried to avoid the highway as much as we could until we got to Stirling (below: Stirling Castle) but as it became all stop-and-go through congested towns, or following country roads parallel to the highway we decided to burn some rubber (as much as one could with a speed limit of 70 mph) and hit the fast lane to Edinburgh.

The scenery was lovely, almost English.

Again we had pre-booked our stay the day before, this time we found lovely accommodation at Laurels Guesthouse, located in a quiet suburban neighborhood, and a twenty minute bus ride away from the city center. Again our advance notice of dietary requirements helped Sonja in getting settled for the day.

Coming up next: Edinburgh