The following day (August 2nd) we drove north through spectacular Glencoe scenery to our favourite scottish site, Bunree CMC, just south of Fort William.

For a different outing we walked from the site to the Corran Ferry and travelled across Loch Linnhe to Ardgour. Good exercise, justifying a stop at the Inn sampling some slightly unusual crisps!

The main reason for our visit to this area was to take a trip on the Jacobite Express – the steam train hauled from Fort William to Mallaig on a route crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct which was featured in the Harry Potter films. The scenery was quite spectacular with views over mountains, valleys and coastline almost impossible to get other than on the train.

Here’s a video of the train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct:

To finish off our stay at Bunree we took the gondola at the Nevis Range Mountain Experience and then followed the trail (in some pretty strong wind!) to the Meall Beag viewpoint. There were some impressive views back down to Fort William and Loch Linnhe – not quite the same as hiking to the top of Ben Nevis but probably the closest we were going to get!